The numbers below refer to the number of people affected. Click on a column heading to order incidents according to that column.
ID | Month | Day | Year Sort descending | ISO | Country | UN | INGO | ICRC | NRCS and IFRC | NNGO | Other | Nationals killed | Nationals wounded | Nationals kidnapped | Total national staff | Internationals killed | Internationals wounded | Internationals kidnapped | Total international staff | Total victims | Gender Male | Gender Female | Gender Unknown | Means of attack | Attack context | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Motive | Actor type | Actor name | Details | Verified | Source |
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1518 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1519 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1520 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1521 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1522 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1523 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1524 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1525 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1526 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2012. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1192 | Jan | 5 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An international staff doctor working for ICRC was kidnapped while returning to the office after visiting a physical rehabilitation centre in Quetta. Armed men abducted him when he reached the front of his office and took him at gunpoint with them in their own vehicle. Kidnappers left the driver unharmed near the organisations office. The international staff doctor was found dead in April 2012. | Yes | Media |
1482 | Jan | 5 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 11.2784798 | 49.1799522 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Police | One national staff member was accidentally shot in her chest by police, after firing the shot at the ground, while they interviewed her in her home regarding a criminal incident. | Yes | Focal Point |
1193 | Jan | 6 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 34.10738 | 64.3052 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Afghan National Police (ANP) | An INGO staffer was killed during a firefight between rival ANP officers(when a group associated with one prominent local commander in Shahrak and Tulak reportedly insulted a second rival ANP commander). The off-duty NGO staffer, who was providing bodyguard services to the second commander, was killed in the engagement. | Yes | Official Report |
1483 | Jan | 7 | 2012 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 16.3471243 | 47.8915271 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff member was kidnapped while on public transportation. The motive was personal - they wanted to secure the release of a family member held by a tribal leader. He was released 2 days on 9 January. | Yes | Focal Point |
1527 | Jan | 8 | 2012 | SN | Senegal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 14.6930042 | -17.447026 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One UN national staff member was stabbed during a robbery while exiting a taxi. | Yes | Focal Point |
1194 | Jan | 12 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Ambush | Road | 5.303435 | 45.880207 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | The head of a Somali NGO and his driver were killed by Shabab militants who fired an RPG at their car. It is very likely that this car was mistaken for Ethiopian National Defence Forces. | Yes | Media |
1195 | Jan | 14 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 4.843303 | 31.588554 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An international staffer of an INGO was shot and killed leaving his compound. The unknown culprits escaped with his vehicle. | Yes | Official Report |
1196 | Jan | 15 | 2012 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.337484 | 44.184304 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Abide Marabou tribe | An international staff of a UN agency was kidnapped in the capital Sanaa by armed tribesmen who transferred him to central Marabou province. The UN worker was taken hostage by the Abide Marabou tribe, demanding the release of a tribesman who was arrested on charges of killing four soldiers assigned to guarding oil tankers. He was released unharmed two weeks later. | Pending | Media |
1197 | Jan | 17 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 34.34817 | 62.19967 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A female NGO staff member was shot and seriously injured by two armed men riding a motorcycle while she was enroute to her office by foot. The victim was a candidate for the 2010 Provincial Council election and worked for an NGO that had gender-related programs. | Yes | Official Report |
1198 | Jan | 19 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 30.198418 | 71.46801 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | Two international staffers (German and Italian) of an INGO were kidnapped by four armed men who entered their residence (within walking distance from their regional office) and led them out at gunpoint. UPDATE: The German aid worker was released in Kabul, Afghanistan more than two years later, in October 2014. UPDATE 2: The Italian aid worker was accidentally killed by a U.S. counter terrorism drone strike against al-Qaeda in January 2015, while still held as a prisoner. An American hostage who was working for a private contractor funded by USAID was also killed in the attack. The drone attack occurred along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. | Yes | Media |
1200 | Jan | 23 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 6.75 | 30 | Incidental | Staff member | Not applicable | A international staffer of an INGO (a Ugandan cook) was stabbed to death by another staffer in a personal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1201 | Jan | 25 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | The head of the Idlib branch of the Syrian Red Crescent was shot and killed in his vehicle returning from meetings in Damascus. | Yes | Focal Point |
1202 | Jan | 26 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 31.61332 | 65.71013 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national NGO staffer was kidnapped from his vehicle while driving from Kandahar to Panjawayi District. The kidnappers identified themselves as opposition forces and asked questions about staffers employment and called his recent contacts from his cell phone. No further reports. | Yes | Official Report |
1464 | Jan | 28 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.046821 | 40.310412 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One IO paramedic was injured when the ambulance he was traveling in was attacked by men in civilian clothes, including one armed with a pistol. When the ambulance refused to stop for the men, they opened fire, injuring the staff member. | Yes | Official Report |
1199 | Jan | 29 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 26.13456 | 68.7696 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An international staffer and national staff driver of an INGO were reported missing during a road trip in Sindh. Their vehicle was found abandoned in Naushahro Feroz. UPDATE: Staff were released/recovered after 86 days. They were not the intended targets of this incident. | Yes | Media |
1490 | Jan | 30 | 2012 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was shot in the chest and abdoment during a robbery outside a bank; he has just withdrawn money and his assailants fled with his passport and camera. | Yes | Focal Point |
1203 | Jan | 31 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.95293 | 65.12376 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two national NGO staffers went missing with their vehicle on January 31 and were presumed kidnapped. They were released on February 4after interventions by local elders | Yes | Official Report |
1204 | Jan | 31 | 2012 | YE | Yemen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.337484 | 44.184304 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Three international staff of a UN agency, two INGO and two LNGOs were kidnapped west of Sanaa. They were released approximately 72 hours later. The kidnappers reportedly planned to exchange the hostages for a prisoner being held in the capital. | Yes | Official Report |
1542 | Feb | 3 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Office/compound | -0.45275 | 39.64601 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One refugee male day worker was severely assaulted during a riot at the INGO's compound. | Yes | Focal Point |
1543 | Feb | 3 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | -0.45275 | 39.64601 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was beaten with an iron bar and received treatment from MSF Holland at their medical facility. | Yes | Focal Point |
1289 | Feb | 6 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 34.22706 | 70.14675 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Masked gunmen broke into the home of a man working as a cook in the local NGO-run Khogyani district hospital, and shot the man, leaving him with one bullet wound to the stomach. The man was taken injured to the Nangarhar public health hospital where his condition is stable. | Yes | Official Report |
1499 | Feb | 9 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.75 | 30 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff truck driver was shot and wounded during an armed robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1290 | Feb | 10 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 4.843303 | 31.588554 | Economic | Police or paramilitary | Unknown | A UN staffer was assaulted by two men in SSPS uniform in his residence in Gudele West (Gurei) in Juba. The perpetrators made away with 700 SSP, five (5) mobile phones and a UN VHF hand held radio. The staff member sustained bruises on the left cheek, injury on the left shoulder and dislocated left middle finger; he was treated at UN Level II Hospital in Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
1291 | Feb | 12 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 8.85 | 27 | Unknown | Criminal | Unknown | An INGO driver was clubbed to death by a gang near a NGO Compund in Maroul area of Aweil town. | Yes | Official Report |
1480 | Feb | 13 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 31.341322 | 63.993456 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One national staff member, participating in a teacher training program, was killed by the Taliban while traveling to his home from Grishk-bazaar. | Yes | Focal Point |
1528 | Feb | 17 | 2012 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Office/compound | 12.049767 | 24.883365 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Unknown | One UN staff member sustained injuries to his head after being assaulted by police officers affecting an arrest in the UN compound. | Yes | Focal Point |
1292 | Feb | 24 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 4.843303 | 31.588554 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A night watchman was killed (from apparent strangulation) when a group of unknown men robbed an NGO compound in Juba. No other staff were harmed. | Yes | Official Report |
1466 | Mar | 3 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -0.4665968 | 39.6332917 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was killed incidentally when perpetrators opened fire on an unconfirmed target along Ngamia Rd in Garissa Town. It is suspected that the target was one of the campaign vehicles of Nasir Mohammed Dolal "Jofle", an aspirant for the Garissa Township MP post, although no rounds hit the car. | Yes | Official Report |
1288 | Mar | 6 | 2012 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN international staffer was kidnapped along with his Sudanese driver as they headed towards the office near Al-Hilal stadium in downtown Nyala. The two were kidnapped by unknown armed men driving a Land Cruiser vehicle. UPDATE: The driver was released shortly after the abduction, and the international staffer was released 86 days later following concerted negotiations. | Pending | Media |
1503 | Mar | 6 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 33.994225 | 71.496985 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One staff member of an LNGO was shot when he resisted two robbers who stole his laptop. | Yes | Official Report |
1287 | Mar | 10 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.843303 | 31.588554 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN national staff member was shot in the head while traveling along Juba - Jebel road, and was hospitalized | Yes | Official Report |
1496 | Mar | 13 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 33.33951 | 69.92041 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One field officer from a demining NGO was wounded when unidentified gunmen attack his house. | Yes | Official Report |
1468 | Mar | 14 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -1.3 | 36.76667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One community health worker working with an INGO was killed in the crossfire between police and criminals in an incident in Soweto, Kibera. | Yes | Official Report |
1533 | Mar | 21 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 33.57175 | 36.4027 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two IO contracted drivers were injured during an explosion nearby a SARC (IO Partner) warehouse. | Yes | Focal Point |
1498 | Mar | 27 | 2012 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Home | 4.1671179 | 9.2427429 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was injured by armed robbers in his private home. | Yes | Focal Point |
1476 | Mar | 28 | 2012 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 16 | 26 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff member was shot and wounded by an unknown assailant while he was exiting the UN compound in Kabkabiya. | Yes | Focal Point |
1293 | Mar | 29 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 29.800043 | 66.8500394 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two national staffers of a UN agency were shot dead when unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle. Another employee of the UN agency sustained serious injuries in the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1286 | Mar | 31 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.3448 | 61.49321 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three national staff members of a demining NGO were abducted along with their marked vehicle while they were in transit to their project site. Information has surfaced that one of the three abductees was released on the 11th of April, and two days later (i.e. the 13th of April), the remaining two were released. | Yes | Official Report |
1285 | Apr | 5 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Body-borne IED | Unknown | Unknown | 36.80606 | 70.10436 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of an INGO was injured when a BBIED detonated against a pro-government Militia commander. The blast killed 2 people--including the commander--and injured an additional 16 (including one of the commander's bodyguards, 1 ANP and 1 local employee of an INGO) | Yes | Official Report |
1513 | Apr | 12 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Police | One national UN staff and a one local NGO staff were arrested shortly after a grenade attack and severely beaten during their detention, until their status was clarified and they were released. The UN staff was medevaced from Baidoa to Nairobi. | Yes | Official Report |
1313 | Apr | 13 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.9041 | 32.06429 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 2 INGO staff (1 international and 1 national) were stopped by militia who held them for roughly two weeks before they were released, in poor physical shape, in May. | Yes | Official Report |
1484 | Apr | 14 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff driver was attacked while in transit - as he ran to a checkpoint he was shot in the leg. | Yes | Focal Point |
1284 | Apr | 15 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.51952 | 65.25094 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An armed group abducted a female NGO national staff member on duty along with her son while they were travelling to Chaghcharan City by motorcycle. On the 17th of April, both of them were released unharmed in the said area in Shahrak following the negotiation held by a member of parliament. | Yes | Official Report |
1283 | Apr | 21 | 2012 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.79781 | 42.95452 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Ansar al-Sharia | Armed men kidnapped a French international staffer of as he was travelling from north Yemen to the Red Sea port city of Hudaida. After being held for three months, the victim was released; handed over by a group called Ansar al-Shari'a in Shabwa. Still unclear who was behind the kidnapping. | Pending | Media |
1294 | Apr | 24 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.57175 | 36.4027 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local Red Crescnet volunteer was killed and three others wounded when their vehicle, clearly markd withthe Red Crescent emblem, was fired upon. Circumstances and perpetrators were unclear. | Yes | Official Report |
1295 | Apr | 25 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 34.34817 | 62.19967 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An IFRC national staff guard was found murdered by unknown perpetrators in the compound guard quarters. The killing is suspected to have been related to personal issues. | Yes | Official Report |
1462 | Apr | 26 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.5130695 | 36.3095814 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff was shot and killed while traveling in a car at night by unknown assailants. | Yes | Focal Point |
1296 | Apr | 28 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 37.18897 | 68.93644 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An NGO staff member was killed at his private residence by an armed intruder who he discovered in the midst of a robbery. | Yes | Official Report |
1320 | Apr | 28 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 8.927721 | 29.788925 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three internationals and one national working on a UN demining project were abducted by militia (dressed in SPLA uniforms) from Unity South Sudan, brought to Kahrtoum, and held until 20 May | Yes | Media |
1298 | May | 2 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 34.51952 | 65.25094 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO international staff member was killed in his room and another wounded when a group of four armed men raided the INGO compound. Internationals were clearly targeted. | Yes | Official Report |
1477 | May | 5 | 2012 | NE | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.51366 | 2.1098 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was pulled off his motorbike (by a rope strung across a passage) and beaten and robbed. He was severely wounded in the face. | Yes | Focal Point |
1299 | May | 7 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 4.9 | 33.8 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national contractor of a UN agency was shot and killed | Yes | Official Report |
1300 | May | 9 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO Project Coordinator was shot and killed while leaving a mosque after evening prayers. | Yes | Media |
1465 | May | 10 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 0.046821 | 40.310412 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was wounded when hit by a stray bullet when two people shot a Kenya Police Reservist (KPR) at close range at Wamo bus stage. | Yes | Official Report |
1301 | May | 13 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 34.59205 | 70.59628 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Six national NGO demining staff were abducted from a field camp. The youngest was released a few hours later (hence not counted) | Yes | Official Report |
1302 | May | 17 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 6.799846 | 33.126794 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | A national NGO staffer was shot and wounded by an SPLA soldier. | Yes | Official Report |
1303 | May | 18 | 2012 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of a UN agency was shot and killed in his home in Goma by unknown assailants. | Yes | Official Report |
1304 | May | 18 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 7.6999269 | 27.9910035 | Economic | Staff member | Not applicable | One staffer of a UN agency was attacked and beaten severely with a stick in his office. The attack was reportedly related to an employment administrative issue. | Yes | Official Report |
1512 | May | 19 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 5 | 47 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two LNGO staff were seriously injured when unknown gunmen reportedly opened fire at the LNGO compound. The motive of the attack is reportedly related to a dispute over goat and cash distributions carried out by the NGO in the area. | Yes | Official Report |
1502 | May | 20 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 6.75 | 30 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One UN national staff member was assaulted by his in-laws in a domestic dispute and was treated at state hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1501 | May | 21 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 6.219415 | 31.549315 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff member was seriously injured when five unknown persons attacked him and his spouse using oaks and wooden sticks. | Yes | Official Report |
1305 | May | 22 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 37.31078 | 70.36839 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two female international staff of an INGO and two male national staff were kidnapped on the road (where they were on horseback) by anti-government forces. Their two hired guides were also briefly held then released; an additional national staff was held but released in less than 24 hours. UPDATE: International Security Assistance Force rescued all four kidnapped staff on 2 June 2012. | Yes | Focal Point |
1495 | May | 28 | 2012 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A guard at an INGO school was singled out and executed while at the school. The motivation for the shooting was related to his connections and personal issues within the community. | Yes | Focal Point |
1307 | May | 29 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A driver of an NGO was wounded when unidentified people opened fire on the vehicle he was driving in Khuzdar District. | Pending | Media |
1478 | Jun | 6 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.8472017 | 31.5951655 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff driver for an INGO was ambushed by unknown persons in town, beaten, and some items stolen. | Yes | Focal Point |
1308 | Jun | 11 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 35.5532126 | 66.2426766 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A national NGO ambulance driver was killed by an IED, along with two relatives of the patient they were transporting. The patient and one other relative were injured. | Yes | Official Report |
1321 | Jun | 14 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.843303 | 31.588554 | Economic | Police or paramilitary | Police | A UN Agency national staffer was stopped, beaten, and robbed by six armed police personnel in uniform near the Doha Fuel Station in Gudele, Four of the policemen were in black uniform and the other two were wearing the brown auxiliary police outfit. The victim was hospitalized. | Yes | Official Report |
1511 | Jun | 15 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Project site | -0.45275 | 39.64601 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two national staffs working for an INGO were injured and had to medevaced to Garissa and Nairobi after a vehicle, which the two were leaving at the time, belonging to the chair-lady of Ifo camp was hit by an RCIED in Ifo camp. | Yes | Official Report |
1485 | Jun | 16 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 31.490446 | 65.415074 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One local subcontractor was wounded (and 2 local villagers killed) in a roadside IED blast. | Yes | Focal Point |
1309 | Jun | 17 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 4.75 | 31 | Political | Host State | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | A UN staff member was detained overnight and repeatedly beaten by SPLA soldiers over an alleged land dispute. He was released on 18 June. | Yes | Official Report |
1310 | Jun | 17 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.33951 | 69.92041 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A INGO staff member was wounded when their vehicle was fired on at a road block in a suspected roadside robbery attempt. | Yes | Official Report |
1544 | Jun | 19 | 2012 | TN | Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 33.13783 | 11.21965 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | Two national staff were injured in an assault during distribution at the refugee camp. | Yes | Focal Point |
1545 | Jun | 19 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national male doctor was beaten by unknown armed insurgents over a personal matter. | Yes | Focal Point |
1311 | Jun | 20 | 2012 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 13.6291 | 46.126 | Incidental | Yemeni Armed Forces | A national staffer of the ICRC was killed in a government airstrike while on the road with three colleagues | Pending | Media | |
1312 | Jun | 22 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 35.3333335 | 40.1499999 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A Syrian Red Crescent volunteer on first aid duty was shot in the head and killed by an unknown shooter. | Pending | Media |
1489 | Jun | 22 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.6035341 | 69.22790791 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two subcontractor's drivers were kidnapped and their truck set on fire. | Yes | Focal Point |
1486 | Jun | 23 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.23199 | 65.90224 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national staff member was driving home from private party when he struck RIED - his left leg was amputated. | Yes | Focal Point |
1322 | Jun | 29 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Project site | 0.1153207 | 40.3143522 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Unknown | Four international staff of an INGO were kidnapped, two national staff wounded, and a national staff driver killed when Somalia militants ambushed their two-car convoy driving through the Dadaab refugee camp. The internationals were released three days later. | Yes | Official Report |
1323 | Jul | 3 | 2012 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Office/compound | 15.0251068 | 120.6870474 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A Dutch national working for a local NGO was shot and killed by morotrcylce riding gunment in front of his office. | Yes | Official Report |
1324 | Jul | 4 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.68971 | 66.55116 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Two national NGO vaccinators of a local NGO were approached by two armed men, who severely assaulted one of the vaccinators, leaving him with severe but non-life threatening injuries. The motive is reportedly a personal dispute between the victim and the perpetrators. | Yes | Official Report |
1334 | Jul | 4 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.00037 | 68.71346 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An NGO staff member was stopped and forcibly detained by armed opposition members on his way to his home village. He was released two days later after intervention by village elders, paying a fine, and promising to cease work for the NGO which the opposition group said was not properly "registered" | Yes | Official Report |
1550 | Jul | 10 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 31.341322 | 63.993456 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Male national staff was kidnapped while traveling on road during vaccination campaign. He had previously been warned to stop working. He was held for a few days and released unharmed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1325 | Jul | 10 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.68747 | 64.29318 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Armed groups stopped two trucks carrying food aid, kidnapped the drivers and burned the vehicles. One driver was released on 10 July, following negotiations with local elders. The other driver escaped on 14 July. | Yes | Official Report |
1326 | Jul | 10 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 35.336 | 40.145 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A Syrian Red Cross worker was shot and killed while on duty on an ambulance | Yes | Official Report |
1541 | Jul | 10 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 4.848925 | 31.582724 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO female staff member was shot and killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1327 | Jul | 11 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 6.76972 | 47.43083 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Two Kenyan aid workers and a Somali doctor working for an international NGO were kidnapped by Somali pirates, and their driver was wounded. UPDATE: After nearly two years, the three kidnapped staff were released on 5 June 2014. | Yes | Media |
1328 | Jul | 12 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 38.4435 | 70.80413 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | An unknown group lobbed a grenade into an INGO compound, induring three: 2 international and 1national staff. Suspected motive was intimidation, but details are unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
1335 | Jul | 12 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 4.75 | 31 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | UN staff was shot dead in his house in Hai Lokwilili behind Jebel Kujur near the Ministry of Animal Resources. | Yes | Official Report |
1336 | Jul | 14 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.25 | 68 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A nurse working for an NGO-run clinic was kidnapped by a dozen armed opposition members on motorcycles and held for three days. He was interrogated to determine whether he had any government affiliation, and when it was determined he did not he was allowed to call his family and village elders for a negotiated release. | Yes | Official Report |
1532 | Jul | 15 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 0.188463 | 40.283483 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO incentive worker guard was injured when a Police vehicle escorting the INGO team was targeted by an IED. | Yes | Focal Point |
1546 | Jul | 18 | 2012 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 13.5288319 | 21.0410733 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male international staffer injured when 50 to 60 Chadians raided the INGO compound. | Yes | Focal Point |
1337 | Jul | 20 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 26.13456 | 68.7696 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A UN local staff member working on the polio eradication campaign was shot and killled in a targeted attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1338 | Jul | 29 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 33.99529 | 69.02274 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An NGO staffer was wounded in a cross fire between the Afghan National Army and armed opposition. | Yes | Official Report |
1342 | Jul | 31 | 2012 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.117076 | 20.0670036 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Seven staffers of a foreign Red Cross society were kidnapped after their vehicle was ambushed in Benghazi. | Yes | Media |
1617 | Jul | 31 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 33.5 | 37.38333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member was struck by a bullet. | Yes | Official Report |
1339 | Aug | 2 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 34.1509848 | 71.7593219 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two staffers of a local NGO were injured when unknown assailants lobbed a grenade over the wall in their newly established compound | Yes | Official Report |
1340 | Aug | 4 | 2012 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11 | 31 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staffer was killed and one wounded when traveling in a marked UN vehicle, fired upon by two unknown assailants. | Pending | Media |
1341 | Aug | 5 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.60802 | 68.68027 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member of an NGO was abducted and beaten by four armed men who knew of his NGO affiliation and demanded ransom. He was released folowing intervention from local community leaders. | Yes | Official Report |
1343 | Aug | 9 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.35 | 63.37333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A doctor working for a national NGO was kidnapped while traveling on public transportation. He was released following negotiations by community leaders. | Yes | Official Report |
1487 | Aug | 11 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Ambush | Road | 33.6035341 | 69.22790791 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four local guards were injured by bullets and shrapnel from IEDs/RPGs when their convoy was ambushed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1488 | Aug | 22 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 33.6035341 | 69.22790791 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One local guard was kidnapped and one international guard was injured when a subcontractor's worksite was attacked. | Yes | Focal Point |
1344 | Aug | 27 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 1.8427539 | 44.5937239 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN national staffer was shot and killed in Marka. The reasons behind the killing are unknown. | Yes | Media |
1345 | Aug | 29 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 37.20444 | 67.65944 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A remote control IED detonated near an international organization's vehicle, injuring two national staff members. | Yes | Official Report |
1491 | Aug | 29 | 2012 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 32.87519 | 13.18746 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard suffered wounds to the head when two armed perpetrators broke into an INGO guest house in a robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1346 | Sep | 2 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.82137 | 64.76505 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An national NGO staffer was wounded by small arms fire at an illegal checkpoint | Yes | Official Report |
1347 | Sep | 2 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.7 | 67.116667 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An RCIED attached to a bike detonated next to the entrance to the Department of Information and Culture, injuring 7 local civilians (including 1 IO and 1 NGO staff member) | Yes | Official Report |
1348 | Sep | 6 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 33.470376 | 36.30053 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN national staffer was killed, along with his son, when shells hit their home. | Yes | Official Report |
1349 | Sep | 9 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 33.5130695 | 36.3095814 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN national staffer was shot and killed on his way to work. It is unknown if it was a targeted attack or a stray bullet. | Yes | Official Report |
1509 | Sep | 20 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Body-borne IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Unknown | Two Somali watchmen working for an INGO and a LNGO staff were among those who were killed when two BBIED targeted Village Restaurant in Xamar Weyne District | Yes | Official Report |
1351 | Sep | 24 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 34.95455 | 70.91427 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A local NGO staffer was wounded at home by a stray bullet during a clash between Afghan soldiers and armed opposition forces. | Yes | Official Report |
1463 | Sep | 26 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 29.800043 | 66.8500394 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff member was injured when shot while traveling with a colleague to Quetta. | Yes | Official Report |
1352 | Sep | 27 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 25.5 | 69 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national NGO staffer was stopped on the road and kidnapped. The driver and other passenger were released shortly after the vehicle was hijacked. UPDATE: He was released 19th October 2012. | Yes | Official Report |
1618 | Sep | 28 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 33.34658 | 36.28752 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member was killed in crossfire near his home. | Yes | Official Report |
1514 | Sep | 28 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.560335 | 44.069722 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff was assaulted by five unidentified men while walking home; the men hit the staff with a stone in the face when he resisted their attempt to take away his mobile phone. | Yes | Official Report |
1353 | Sep | 30 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 32.40314 | 64.46959 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO member of a demining team was killed and two wounded when a remote controlled IED detonated near their vehicle. It is unknown if they were specifically targetted. | Yes | Official Report |
1355 | Oct | 2 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 6.770838 | 47.42873 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A Turkish aid worker was wounded in the crossfire during an interclan firefight while traveling in Galkayo. | Pending | Media |
1354 | Oct | 9 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.256395 | 70.787806 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A local NGO staff member was injured when a roadside IED detonated near a taxi that two staff members were traveling in. Reports deemed it unlikely that they were targetted, as they were traveling low-profile. | Yes | Official Report |
1356 | Oct | 11 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 35.321392 | 64.811084 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Four national NGO engineers (from Kabul and Ghazni) were wounded when a group of armed men stormed their guesthouse building and opened fire. | Yes | Official Report |
1497 | Oct | 12 | 2012 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 7.492399 | 79.907831 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was hospitalized after being beaten on his head and back during an armed robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1358 | Oct | 14 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.20219 | 64.864222 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Four national staffers of an INGO were kidnapped while driving back from a project site. They were held until Oct 21 and interrogated by an armed opposition group, before being released unharmed. | Yes | Official Report |
1359 | Oct | 14 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.033527 | 60.834829 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four staff of a local NGO were abducted from their vehicle, which was being used as an ambulance, while they were providing health services to the patients. They were all released unharmed 6 days later. | Yes | Official Report |
1357 | Oct | 15 | 2012 | NE | Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 14.510833 | 6.765 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Qaeda (affiliated) | Five national NGO staffers and one international (Chadian) were kidnapped from their compound by unidentified gunmen believed to be members of a militant group associated with Al Qaeda. One staffer was shot during the abduction and later died of his wounds. The others were released a month later after being held captive in the deserts of Islamist-controlled northern Mali. | Pending | Media |
1529 | Oct | 15 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 32.52154 | 67.41315 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One LNGO staff member was attacked and killed by unknown gunmen in Shahjoy Bazaar area of Qalat Province. | Yes | Focal Point |
1360 | Oct | 18 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.506988 | 65.535667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A national NGO driver was abducted from his vehicle and held for two days after gunmen failed to identify a targeted staff member for the kidnapping. | Yes | Official Report |
1505 | Oct | 19 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.060461 | 45.375419 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was shot and injured from a stray bullet when leaving a mosque. | Yes | Official Report |
1547 | Oct | 21 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | National female hit by shrapnel of an IED while standing on road waiting for taxi to travel between two work sites. | Yes | Focal Point |
1531 | Oct | 22 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.377474 | 63.164658 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Four drivers of commercial trucks carrying INGO food items were abducted by AOG while on the road; two managed to get free a few hours later, and the remaining two were released the following evening. | Yes | Official Report |
1479 | Oct | 28 | 2012 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.145 | 40.489673 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was assaulted by a gang armed with crude weapons. | Yes | Focal Point |
1361 | Nov | 2 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Home | 6.217554 | 33.438353 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national staffer of an INGO was kidnapped by a group of armed rebels from his home and was later killed. | Pending | Media |
1616 | Nov | 4 | 2012 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Project site | 33.471227 | 36.303878 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An UN staff member died in Yarmouk refugee camp. | Yes | Official Report |
1506 | Nov | 4 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.036817 | 45.337338 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 8 NGO staff were injured in a complex attack with small arms fire and two suicide bombers. The target location was the Village Restaurant near Amira Hotel which is popular with politicians, diasporas and other important stakeholders of Mogadishu. | Yes | Official Report |
1362 | Nov | 8 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.328069 | 70.165275 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An NGO staff member was shot and killed after his private taxi was stopped by an armed group and he was singled out among passengers. The group reportedly accused him of being an agent of the Afghan and American governments before killing him. | Yes | Official Report |
1363 | Nov | 10 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.26087 | 70.77672 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An NGO national staffer was kidnapped after an armed group ambushed the taxi he was traveling in. | Yes | Official Report |
1364 | Nov | 17 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 30.12268 | 62.267082 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four deminers from an NGO were injured by an IED or UXO detonation. It is unknown if there was targeting involved or if it was accidental. | Yes | Official Report |
1365 | Nov | 18 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 33.994225 | 71.496985 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | The security guard for an INGO was injured when their compound came under a rocket attack from an unknown source. The intended target was the nearby American Club | Pending | Media |
1366 | Nov | 21 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 34.118171 | 70.75253 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three NGO national deminers were abducted when doing an assessmnent. They were released on 22 November after intervention from local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1469 | Nov | 22 | 2012 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Detention | Custody | 0.046821 | 40.310412 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Police | One INGO national staff member was shot on the leg by police. While onboard a truck stopped for a police search, he resisted, an altercation developed and was shot in the leg by the police. He was reportedly intoxicated. | Yes | Official Report |
1492 | Nov | 22 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 34.572184 | 69.131775 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was physically assaulted and briefly unconscious during a robbery while on his way to the office. | Yes | Focal Point |
1367 | Nov | 23 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Vehicle-born IED | Raid | Office/compound | 34.360598 | 68.841584 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Five NGO staff and several others were wounded when a small truck rigged with explosives was detonated near government facilities and two NGO compounds. The intended target was reportedly the government facilities and not the aid workers specifically. | Yes | Official Report |
1373 | Dec | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.46208 | 63.46962 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national staff doctor working for an INGO running health programs was shot and killed while driving home on his motorbike by two assassins, also on motorbikes. The staff member had been threatened in the past, as he and his brother, a local religious leader, had been vocal in their opposition to armed militants in the area. | Yes | Official Report | |
1494 | Dec | 1 | 2012 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international staff member, upon exiting a bank, was robbed and then shot in the head and killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1493 | Dec | 2 | 2012 | TD | Chad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 13.833056 | 20.834722 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff was attacked and killed in UN accommodation. | Yes | Official Report |
1368 | Dec | 4 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 31.186944 | 66.297222 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A local staffer employed by the UN on a vaccination team was struck by crossfire between government/international forces and armed opposition while traveling on foot, and later died of his injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
1369 | Dec | 5 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.478418 | 69.76002 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO staff (an international doctor, a national doctor, and a national staffer) were ambushed and kidnapped while travelling north on a secondary road towards Surobi town. They were held until 8 December, when negotiations led to the release of the 2 local staff, and an IMF operation forcibly rescued the foreign doctor. The crime was reportedly motivated by economic gains, but there were AOG elements/actors present. | Yes | Official Report |
1370 | Dec | 5 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A UN aid worker was kidnapped from his home by gunmen in Baidoa. | Pending | Media |
1548 | Dec | 6 | 2012 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 26.8234472 | 18.1236723 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Male national staffer was severely beaten with metal pipe while at work premises. | Yes | Focal Point |
1508 | Dec | 9 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.933056 | 43.181667 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Somaliland Rapid Response Unit (RRU) | A national staff of an INGO who was in the area at the same time as officers of the Somaliland Rapid Response Unit (RRU) launched an assault against the house of a woman suspected of being an AS operative was reportedly beaten by members for the RRU for no apparent reason. | Yes | Official Report |
1375 | Dec | 10 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 24.860551 | 67.009926 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A vaccinator working for a UN-supported polio vaccination team was shot and killed. | Pending | Media |
1371 | Dec | 11 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 35.564601 | 64.431892 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Five INGO national staff members (one driver and four engineers) were kidnapped from the house of a local elder. Released unharmed 18 December. | Yes | Official Report |
1376 | Dec | 11 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 24.860551 | 67.009926 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Four female polio vaccinators working for UN-supported polio vaccination program were shot and killed by men on motorcycles | Pending | Media |
1377 | Dec | 11 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One of two sisters working on a UN-supported polio vaccination team was shot and killed by men on motorcycles. The other vaccinator was uninjured | Pending | Media |
1372 | Dec | 12 | 2012 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 34.453386 | 70.484802 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | Two staff members of an NGO health facility were assaulted by a group of men with sticks and required hospitalization. The assault followed a patients complaints of slow service. The patient returned later with the mob, forcing their way in. | Yes | Official Report |
1378 | Dec | 12 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A polio vaccinator was shot outside a house as he went on his rounds | Pending | Media |
1379 | Dec | 12 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.1509848 | 71.7593219 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One female polio vaccinator was shot and killed in her car. | Pending | Media |
1507 | Dec | 12 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 9.560335 | 44.069722 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff was injured during an attack by four people armed with sticks and knives while on his way to his office and robbed of his mobile phone and other personal effects. | Yes | Official Report |
1549 | Dec | 14 | 2012 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.5288319 | 21.0410733 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Female national staff was attacked during robbery on the road and received 2 stab wounds. | Yes | Focal Point |
1530 | Dec | 15 | 2012 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.75 | 30 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One contracted employee who was transporting an IO food commodities in a contracted truck was shot and killed in a robbery incident. | Yes | Focal Point |
1481 | Dec | 17 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff driver was shot in the arm/wrist by two unknown assailants while driving a staff member to the office. | Yes | Focal Point |
1374 | Dec | 19 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.032264 | 45.267468 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A staffer of a national NGO was shot and killed by two armed men as he was leaving a parking lot. The killing was reportedly linked to the victims' decision to host a sister who had left her husband (a member of the AS movement). | Yes | Media |
1500 | Dec | 22 | 2012 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Home | 4.6125522 | 13.1535811 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One international staff member was robbed and raped. | Yes | Focal Point |
1504 | Dec | 30 | 2012 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 5.303435 | 45.880207 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff was injured when struck by a ricocheting bullet resulting from a private dispute, which he had been attempting to mediate. | Yes | Official Report |
1717 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1718 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1719 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1720 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1721 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1722 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1723 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1724 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1725 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1726 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1727 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1728 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1729 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1380 | Jan | 1 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.047569 | 72.403637 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Seven national NGO staff, six females and one male, were shot and killed by gunmen on motorcyles who ambushed their vehicle. The workers were involved with a community health and education center that provided immunizations, among other services. | Yes | Official Report |
1381 | Jan | 5 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.190242 | 71.76248 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two local NGO staff (one programme coordinator and a driver) were shot and killed in a bazaar. Investigation is ongoing, but the NGO has termed the violence work related. | Yes | Official Report |
1388 | Jan | 6 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Body-borne IED | Raid | Public location | 31.0048 | 66.397653 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national NGO staff member was killed, along with six others, when two suicide bombers detonated their body-borne IEDs after shooting their way inside district council building | Yes | Official Report |
1382 | Jan | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.693426 | 65.165404 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Four national staff members of an INGO (three community trainers and one driver) were abducted while travelling through the Jarqala area. All released by 23rd January after negotiations, but threatened with assassination if the continue to work for aid organisations in the area. | Yes | Official Report |
1389 | Jan | 8 | 2013 | JO | Jordan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 32.294292 | 36.322186 | Political | Aid recipient | Refugees | Five INGO aid workers and five UN-contracted guards were injured when a refugee mob attacked, presumably because of frustrations triggered by recent flooding in the camp. | Yes | Media |
1708 | Jan | 10 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Individual attack | Public location | 30.191235 | 67.025564 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN employee was killed when a suicide bomber detonated an IED in a public area of Quetta. | Yes | Focal Point |
1383 | Jan | 11 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Public location | 34.012597 | 72.032854 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An NGO nurse was shot and killed on her way to work, having received prior death threats. | Yes | Official Report |
1384 | Jan | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.267172 | 65.050769 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member working for an NGO demining agency was shot and killed by a group of armed men during a kidnapping attempt. | Yes | Official Report |
1702 | Jan | 13 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -0.841605 | 29.048446 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One Red Cross worker was shot and killed by unknown armed men when trying to stop them from raping a woman. | Yes | Focal Point |
1385 | Jan | 14 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 34.488738 | 69.13724 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of a UN agency was stabbed in a violent robbery by three assailants. | Yes | Official Report |
1386 | Jan | 16 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Raid | Public location | 34.525896 | 69.17015 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two NGO employees were injured by a vehicle-borne IED detonated by the driver in a suicide attack on an NDS facility. A total of 27 civilians were injured in the blast, including the aid workers. | Yes | Official Report |
1387 | Jan | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.092172 | 65.166145 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An international doctor was kidnapped when his NGO vehicle was ambushed. The motive was to have him treat sick relatives, and he was later released by the perpetrators | Yes | Official Report |
1673 | Jan | 24 | 2013 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was hit in the head and subsequently hospitalized when unknown individuals threw stones at the INGO vehicle. | Yes | Focal Point |
1841 | Jan | 27 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 2.056278 | 45.300605 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was injured when a shooting broke out in front of a medical health facility managed by the INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1390 | Jan | 27 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.542694 | 69.165394 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An international INGO staffer was kidnapped as the unmarked vehicle he was riding in was ambushed by four armed men. UPDATE: The NGO employee has been released from captivity in good health. | Yes | Official Report |
1835 | Jan | 28 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.120341 | 40.301715 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A paramedic for the Kenyan Red Cross Society was injured when three gunmen shot at the ambulance after the driver ignored instructions to stop. | Yes | Official Report |
1659 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.816957 | 29.109423 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO female staff member was abducted, but was released three days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1391 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 33.89949 | 70.101691 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two aid workers on polio vaccination team were killed when their car ran over a roadside IED | Yes | Official Report |
1392 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 24.86803 | 66.918385 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Four national NGO workers of a local NGO, including the driver, were abducted in Maripur, Karachi on their way to distribute medicines and other aid. UPDATE: All four were released. | Yes | Official Report |
1777 | Feb | 1 | 2013 | SN | Senegal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 14.699193 | -17.467716 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO staff member was on his way to the office when two men on a scooter attempted to steal his laptop bag. He was stabbed and was treated at a clinic. | Yes | Focal Point |
1782 | Feb | 3 | 2013 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 34.416297 | 41.215314 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | One national INGO social worker was injured during an altercation with a group of Syrian refugees. There was a disagreement concerning service delivery between the social worker and one of the Syrian refugees, and more than 25 other Syrian refugees became involved. The social worker and one of the refugees were hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point | |||
1393 | Feb | 4 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.862093 | 66.067575 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national NGO staffer was killed when the NGO vehicle hit a roadside IED | Yes | Official Report |
1714 | Feb | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 7.597302 | 29.700877 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted truck driver was severely beaten and killed by unknown armed individuals. The driver's cash and IDs were stolen, but no food from the truck was taken. The driver's assistant managed to escape and reported the incident to the police. | Yes | Focal Point |
1715 | Feb | 6 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.878453 | 31.131175 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted truck driver was shot and killed by four armed bandits. The driver's cash and mobile phone were taken. | Yes | Focal Point |
1394 | Feb | 8 | 2013 | NG | Nigeria | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 12.000364 | 8.513792 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Eight polio vaccinators working on a UN agency-sponsored immunization campaign were shot and killed when gunmen stormed two clinics. | Pending | Media |
1709 | Feb | 8 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 14.205387 | 24.64345 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member, a security guard supervisor, was found stabbed to death. The perpetrators and the motive are unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
1735 | Feb | 9 | 2013 | KG | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 42.841004 | 74.608645 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN consultant suffered a broken nose when attacked by unknown assailants while on his way home. | Yes | Focal Point |
1736 | Feb | 10 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Incidental | Host State | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | One national UN worker was severely beaten by FARDC soldiers for having committed adultery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1778 | Feb | 12 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.075451 | 43.37951 | Economic | Staff member | Contractor | One national INGO staff member was abducted by a disgruntled vendor who was contracted by the same INGO. The incident appears to be related to a contract dispute: the vendor was asked to suspend sales over allegations of misconduct. | Yes | Focal Point |
1396 | Feb | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.786227 | 70.47759 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A national NGO ambulance driver was hit and seriously wounded by small arms fire during an attack by opposition forces on an Afghan Army convoy | Yes | Official Report |
1701 | Feb | 16 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | -0.360445 | 42.548779 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Somaliland Rapid Response Unit (RRU) | One local NGO staff member was shot and killed by local police forces at a police station in Kismayo. The individual was injured but later died of his injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
1842 | Feb | 18 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 2.333333 | 42.283333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One LNGO manager was wounded during clashes between two groups of Al Shabaab fighters. The clash was reportedly triggered by a dispute over the continuation of the LNGO's activities. | Yes | Official Report |
1397 | Mar | 1 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.508172 | 69.826566 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three national NGO staffers were wounded when their vehicle detonated an IED.Unclear if it had recently been planted or if the NGO was specifically targeted | Yes | Official Report |
1398 | Mar | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 9.035312 | 27.76364 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO worker was assaulted and robbed, sustaining serious injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
1399 | Mar | 10 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.595324 | 29.992201 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO national staff member and driver were ambushed and shot by armed robbers while riding in a humanitarian relief convoy. | Yes | Official Report |
1436 | Mar | 11 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 32.39233 | 64.490984 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three deminers were kidnapped from the home of a non-NGO-affiliated civilian at gunpoint. UPDATE: All three aid workers were safely released two months later on 11 May. | Yes | Official Report |
1712 | Mar | 11 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 13.222951 | 45.305485 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO worker was shot in the leg by militia members, who mistakenly identified him as an Al Qaeda affiliate. | Yes | Focal Point |
1759 | Mar | 12 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 36.3121 | 36.687433 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | Two INGO workers (Italian and British) were abducted by ISIS in northern Syria, close to the Turkish border. UPDATE: The Italian staff member was released over a year later, on 26 May 2014. The British staff member was tortured and killed on 13 September 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1615 | Mar | 13 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.372937 | 36.112475 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member suffered injuries when he was hit by shrapnel from a nearby explosion in Khan Eshieh camp on 13 March. He died from his injuries the next day. | Yes | Official Report |
1400 | Mar | 13 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.456784 | 36.244222 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An EU humanitarian officer was killed in a rocket attack in Deraya, a suburb of Damascus | Pending | Media |
1401 | Mar | 13 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 24.949247 | 66.966768 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A well-known female aid worker was shot and killed by four armed motorcyclists after leaving her office. | Pending | Media |
1787 | Mar | 14 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.800525 | 25.442011 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver was abducted by unknown individuals, who demanded money for his release. Both the driver and the truck were released 35 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1402 | Mar | 15 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.456226 | 32.426302 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | A UN-contracted driver and assistant were ambushed and severely wounded by armed robbers. | Yes | Official Report |
1746 | Mar | 17 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.88509 | 38.872152 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted drivers were abducted by unknown armed groups, who robbed the drivers of their personal belongings and stole the contents of the trucks' cargo. It appears that the owner of the trucks paid a ransom and that the drivers were released. | Yes | Focal Point |
1803 | Mar | 17 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.115195 | 40.796915 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN-contracted drivers were kidnapped by unknown armed men. The trucks' contents and the drivers' personal belongings were also taken. They were kept by their kidnappers until a ransom was paid by the owner of the trucks. | Yes | Focal Point |
1403 | Mar | 21 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Project site | 33.919194 | 71.80859 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local NGO workers were killed, along with at least 10 IDPs, when a remote controlled car bomb exploded on a road inside the camp. | Yes | Official Report |
1737 | Mar | 21 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Project site | 33.725714 | 71.791983 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Eleven NGO personnel were wounded and one killed when a VBIED detonated by an IDP camp. | Yes | Focal Point |
1684 | Mar | 22 | 2013 | TR | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 36.202809 | 36.160299 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO staff member was walking when he was stabbed in the back by three men. | Yes | Focal Point |
1404 | Mar | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 37.100702 | 70.556226 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A German expatriate worker was abducted by an armed opposition group while out for a walk. He was released unharmed a day later due to negotiations with local networks. | Yes | Official Report |
1405 | Mar | 24 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.771998 | 68.369368 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A local NGO staffer, working as a National Solidarity Program (government-led aid and reconstruction) facilitator, was ambushed, kidnapped and beaten by an armed opposition group. Released after local community members appealed intervened. | Yes | Official Report |
1406 | Mar | 26 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 15.337484 | 44.184304 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | An international ICRC worker was shot and slightly wounded in a kidnap attempt while driving in a car with her husband. | Yes | Media |
1407 | Mar | 30 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 10.099652 | 33.337104 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An employee of a commercial company contracted by the UN was shot and wounded when a group of twenty armed, masked men raided their organization's compound. The unknown perpretrators left without stealing anything after the incident. | Yes | Official Report |
1738 | Mar | 30 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 33.611816 | 36.488004 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted worker was injured when a mortar shell hit a warehouse. He was hospitalized and required surgery to remove shrapnel. | Yes | Focal Point |
1437 | Mar | 31 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 32.07075 | 64.838216 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An NGO national staff member, a male nurse, was killed in an IED detonation in a bazaar whilst en route to the Poza Community Health Clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
1747 | Mar | 31 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.071229 | 36.970299 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Three UN-contracted drivers transporting food rations were abducted by unknown armed men. One was released, but the other two are still being held. The perpetrators refuse to return the food rations. | Yes | Focal Point |
1438 | Apr | 5 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 35.320299 | 64.811138 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Armed individuals shot and killed an INGO staff member in front of his residence due to a family dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1409 | Apr | 6 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 32.105109 | 66.914374 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A US Government representative, delivering in-kind aid for a reconstruction project, was killed when a suicide bomber detonated the vehicle-borne explosive near her convoy on the road. | Pending | Media |
1408 | Apr | 8 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Home | 4.84914 | 31.510543 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Spouse | A UN agency worker was killed by her husband in a domestic dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1410 | Apr | 14 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.020684 | 45.304072 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national driver for a third country Red Crescent Society was killed and three international staff wounded in Mogadishu when a suicide car bomb targeting government court buildings detonated as their convoy passed by. | Yes | Media |
1411 | Apr | 14 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.215698 | 37.159321 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national Red Crescent worker was killed when a mortar hit the warehouse he was guarding. | Yes | Official Report |
1412 | Apr | 16 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.822773 | 66.05806 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two Afghan Red Crescent Society staff members were killed and two wounded when unknown men opened fire on their vehicle on the road. UPDATE: After the attack on the ARCS staff, the group suspended its work in the area. | Yes | Official Report |
1414 | Apr | 21 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.43058 | 70.448037 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national NGO staffer was shot and seriously injured by armed men on a motorcycle, while walking to work. | Yes | Official Report |
1415 | Apr | 21 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.689385 | 31.703351 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | Two UN-contracted employees (driver and assistant) were shot and killed when their convoy was ambushed by two armed men after delivering food to the UN Agency warehouse in Juba; their cash, phones, and other belongings were stolen. Simultaneously, another convoy was approaching from the opposite direction, and another UN-contracted driver was shot and killed and his two assistants injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1416 | Apr | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.974898 | 63.728285 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | During an ambush, an NGO national staffer was singled out among colleagues (as team leader) and kidnapped by armed men who also burned the vehicle. He was later released unharmed as a result of intervention and negotiations by local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1417 | Apr | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.275146 | 69.880273 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An NGO national staff member went missing whilst travelling along the Hisarak-Azra road, and presumed kidnapped. UPDATE: The aid worker was released unharmed on 18 May. | Yes | Official Report |
1418 | Apr | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 31.496282 | 65.000801 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Ten national staff members from a community-based demining program of an international partner (private company) were abducted by armed men. They were released four days later after mediation by local elders | Yes | Official Report |
1419 | Apr | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Unknown | 34.659791 | 61.107952 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Three INGO staff, one international and two national, were kidnapped by a local armed opposition group, later released unharmed following negotiations by community elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1420 | Apr | 28 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 32.913926 | 66.001905 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A guard working for an international organization was shot and killed outside his home. The attack was deemed to be stemming from a personal grievance and not related to his organizational affiliation. | Yes | Official Report |
1534 | Apr | 29 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Office/compound | 34.551047 | 69.163852 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO staff member was sexually assaulted and subsequently hospitalized after five masked men broke into the NGO guesthoust and robbed the residents. Three other staff members were present, but seem to have been unhurt. | Yes | Official Report |
1452 | May | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 24.860551 | 67.009926 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One senior NGO worker associated with education projects was gunned down. This is the second killing of a staffer from this NGO. | Yes | Official Report | |
1685 | May | 2 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.365248 | 23.142216 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were injured (one shot and one severely beaten) when their aid convoy was attacked by seven armed men. | Yes | Focal Point |
1422 | May | 4 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.187749 | 31.781709 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national contractor was killed and another wounded in a shooting when their vehicle was ambushed on the Bor-Juba road. | Yes | Official Report |
1423 | May | 4 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.183623 | 29.448832 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was shot dead by unknown gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1424 | May | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.08067 | 70.665404 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Eleven national staff of a demining NGO were kidnapped in an ambush by an armed opposition group. UPDATE: All 11 were released unharmed on 31 May, following the intervention of community elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1425 | May | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 34.544427 | 69.159857 | Incidental | Staff member | Not applicable | One staff member of a demining agency was shot and killed by a co-worker, a security guard, inside the agency's compound as a result of a personal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1426 | May | 10 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 0.110197 | 40.314053 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot as a collateral victim to an attack on a Kenya Police Reservist. He is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
1427 | May | 11 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.849856 | 31.59948 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was car-jacked and beaten; his car and other valuables on his person were stolen. | Yes | Official Report |
1444 | May | 11 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 31.634808 | 67.247748 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three national staff members were killed when an IED struck the vehicle of an IO-contracted implementing partner for a demining program. Initial assessment indicates that this was likely an IED detonation, but the possibility remains that it was an Explosive Remnant of War. | Yes | Official Report |
1428 | May | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.320271 | 67.483171 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were affected when an Afghan civilian was allegedly targeted in an ambush on the vehicle they were all in. | Yes | Official Report |
1429 | May | 13 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.220754 | 45.305945 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Al-Marakisha tribe | Three ICRC staff members were abducted while traveling by car in the Southern Province of Abyan. They were released unharmed two days later. | Yes | Media |
1674 | May | 14 | 2013 | MR | Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 18.083949 | -15.978341 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | During a break-in, one INGO member was stabbed in the hand. | Yes | Focal Point |
1683 | May | 15 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.18 | 34.095 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Murle Tribesman | One national INGO staff member was injured when Murule tribesmen attacked an aid convoy. The convoy was traveling with a local leader, who was the target of the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1454 | May | 15 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 36.212228 | 36.519075 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three German aid workers were kidnapped in the town of Harem near the northern border with Turkey. UPDATE: Two of three escaped on 3 July 2013. The third also escaped his kidnappers on 4 September 2013. | Pending | Media |
1779 | May | 20 | 2013 | TR | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 36.497956 | 36.364129 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One international INGO staff member (Syrian) was attacked and stabbed by two Turkish assailants, one of whom was the staff member's neighbor. Attack seems targeted, but motive unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
1430 | May | 21 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 0.50605 | 35.269086 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard was killed when a group of men armed with blades forced entry to the office of an NGO, which they then robbed. | Yes | Official Report |
1431 | May | 22 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 35.93322 | 36.634538 | Political | Unknown | An Indian national working with a British NGO was killed in a refugee hospital in Idlib Province during an air strike. | Media | ||
1432 | May | 23 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 6.810839 | 29.675678 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was shot in his home by an unknown gunman during the night. He was hospitalized and received emergency surgery, but later passed away. | Yes | Official Report |
1433 | May | 24 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 34.527581 | 69.16714 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An IO building in Kabul was attacked with a car bomb, rocket-propelled grenades and armed gunmen, resulting in the death of one staff member and injuries to three more staff. Foreign staff seemed to have been specifically targeted. | Yes | Official Report |
1843 | May | 25 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.021074 | 45.288353 | Incidental | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | One INGO employee was killed during clashes between two groups of Somali National Government (SNG) forces. | Yes | Official Report |
1434 | May | 25 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.949373 | 68.516697 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two staff members of a demining NGO were kidnapped at an illegal checkpoint on the Kabul-Bamyan highway. | Yes | Official Report |
1445 | May | 25 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 0.351096 | 40.872108 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One Kenyan Red Cross official was killed during clashes between Al Shabaab and the Administrative Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1435 | May | 27 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Public location | 36.142298 | 65.35696 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO staff member, who also served as headmaster of a local boys' school, was killed by an armed opposition group near his home after arranging a meeting with the group. There are indications this killling was not related to his affiliation with an INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1439 | May | 29 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Body-borne IED | Raid | Office/compound | 34.430247 | 70.448678 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two suicide bombers detonated explosives at the International Committee of the Red Cross compound, killing one security guard and injuring three staff members. Following the attack, the ICRC closed their sub delegation in Jalalabad and temporarily stopped all staff movements in the country. | Yes | Official Report |
1640 | Jun | 1 | 2013 | IN | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 22.57179 | 88.361727 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A female aid worker was drugged and sexually assaulted by a local businessman. She subsequently attempted suicide and was hospitalized. | Pending | Media |
1440 | Jun | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 35.221192 | 71.049777 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO translator was injured as his vehicle struck an IED; this is likely connected to a tribal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1441 | Jun | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.607889 | 62.226317 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | District Shadow Governor (DSG) | Five national staff members of a demining INGO and a tribal elder were kidnapped while in transit, with the elder and two of the aid workers released soon after. UPDATE: All three staff members were released unharmed approximately three days after abduction. | Yes | Official Report |
1450 | Jun | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.490446 | 65.415074 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | International Military Forces (IMF) | A national staff deminer, working for a private company contracted on behalf of an International Organisation, was killed in a targeted IMF airstrike. The company has suspended operations in the area until further notice. | Yes | Official Report |
1679 | Jun | 4 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 11.123514 | 22.961818 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was killed due to fighting between two tribal groups. | Yes | Focal Point |
1447 | Jun | 5 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Road | 0.127567 | 34.278379 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An aid agency worker was killed and dumped in a bush in Rarieda, Siaya County. Police stated that an investigation has been launched. UPDATE: She was on her way to buy a plot of land, and this was assessed as a criminal matter, unrelated to her status as an aid worker. | Pending | Media |
1451 | Jun | 6 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 34.011163 | 71.568895 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One polio vaccinator was killed and another injured when they were attacked by two gunmen on a motorcycle. The UN agency running the vaccination campaign in Peshawar temporarily suspended operations as a result. | Yes | Official Report |
1686 | Jun | 7 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.939815 | 33.809694 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | Three INGO staff members were tied up and beaten by drunk SPLA members for refusing to pay a bribe. | Yes | Focal Point |
1754 | Jun | 8 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.218055 | 37.105819 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted drivers were detained for 7 days by an unknown armed group, who stole the food rations that the trucks were transporting. They were eventually released on 14 June 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1470 | Jun | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.318849 | 68.854718 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Afghan National Police (ANP) | One NGO doctor was abducted on his way back to Maidan Shahr from Nirkh after passing an ANP check post. He was beaten unconscious while in their captivity, demanded he provide them with weaponry and ammunition, accused him of being a spy, and he was released later in the day after intervention by locals. | Yes | Official Report |
1743 | Jun | 9 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.806881 | 36.317978 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver was severely injured when a missile hit his truck. He was hospitalized, and the cargo in the truck was completely destroyed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1442 | Jun | 10 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.274566 | 63.11168 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Three national NGO staff members were kidnapped while in transit. UPDATE: 18 June all the three abductees were released unharmed in Seyah Sang area of Pashtun Zarghun, following the negotiations held by the community elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1785 | Jun | 11 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.965478 | 38.979869 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al-Nusra Front | One UN-contracted driver was stopped and detained for five days by Al Nosrah Front. | Yes | Focal Point |
1786 | Jun | 11 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.014272 | 40.447052 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al-Nusra Front | Two UN-contracted drivers were stopped and detained by Al Nosrah Front. | Yes | Focal Point |
1716 | Jun | 12 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.883662 | 30.045535 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted assistant driver was shot in the chest and killed by a group of armed men demanding cash. | Yes | Focal Point |
1739 | Jun | 13 | 2013 | MM | Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 16.783822 | 96.156356 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN consultant was attacked from behind by an unknown assailant, who unsuccessfully tried to slit her throat. She was immediately hospitalized and required surgery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1443 | Jun | 15 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 37.412663 | 66.047083 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One NGO staff member involved in the polio campaign was shot and killed outside of her residence. The motive behind the attack is yet to be determined. UPDATE: It is believed to have resulted from a dispute rather than being related to the victims NGO affiliation. | Yes | Official Report |
1446 | Jun | 19 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 2.043557 | 45.314087 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One UN staffer, 3 UN contractors, and 4 guards were killed during a complex attack, when a VBIED rammed the UN's external gate and was simultaneously detonated. Seven assailants entered the compound on foot, tossing hand grenades in the process. Another UN staffer and 4 other guards were also injured. | Yes | Official Report |
1448 | Jun | 21 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.848925 | 31.582724 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | National Security Personnel | One UN staff member was hospitalized after being physically assaulted by National Security personnel and locked up in the UN vehicle she was driving, allegedly for obstructing the VVIP motorcade at John Garang Mausoleum, Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
1449 | Jun | 22 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.40057 | 31.162043 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO official was stabbed to death while en route by car between Juba and Yei. | Pending | Media |
1460 | Jun | 26 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 34.340489 | 62.199587 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff member of an NGO was hospitalized after two men, armed with a knife and sticks, attacked while he was on his motorbike, en route to work in Herat City. This incident is not related to the staff member’s employment with an NGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1750 | Jun | 28 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.677839 | 36.708053 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted drivers were stopped by armed groups near Ma'ar Shoreen and forced to drive to an area close to Jabal az Zawiyah, where they were held. All food rations were taken from the trucks. The drivers and the trucks were released on 30 June 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1836 | Jun | 29 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -0.358216 | 42.545087 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One INGO nurse was killed by a stray mortar during clashes between clan militias. The nurse was assisting the wounded at the time of the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1751 | Jun | 29 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.383945 | 36.69235 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver was stopped nearby Morek area by an unknown armed group. He was then taken to Jabal az Zawiyah, where he was held for seven days and his documents and mobile phone confiscated. He was eventually released with his truck, but without the cargo. | Yes | Focal Point |
1455 | Jun | 30 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.418522 | 64.472354 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One staff member of a demining NGO was killed and another injured when an IED detonated against their motorcycle. | Yes | Official Report |
1710 | Jul | 1 | 2013 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | -0.606542 | 30.674716 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was stabbed during an apparent robbery by unknown assailants. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, but died upon arrival. | Yes | Media |
1458 | Jul | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Road | 34.042678 | 62.169768 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO national staff members and a hired driver were conducting a road mission when they were abducted by unknown armed men. UPDATE: All three were released from captivity, with the assistance of community elders on 12 July 2013. | Yes | Official Report |
1790 | Jul | 3 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.863611 | 36.800556 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Shareea Court | One UN-contracted driver was kidnapped by an armed group called Shareea Court. Attempts to contact the driver have been unsuccessful thus far. | Yes | Focal Point |
1687 | Jul | 4 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 5.766534 | 20.683388 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Seleka | One INGO staff member was beaten by Seleka members at a checkpoint. | Yes | Focal Point |
1706 | Jul | 4 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 9.55012 | 44.066165 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was attacked by a gang and suffered a knife wound to the hand. | Yes | Focal Point |
1459 | Jul | 4 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 12.049767 | 24.883365 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two INGO national workers were killed and one was in critical condition after a grenade exploded in their office during fighting in Nyala between Government troops and rebels. | Yes | Official Report |
1471 | Jul | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 35.910222 | 68.290924 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO staff member and his driver were stopped by five armed men and subsequently robbed and beaten. | Yes | Official Report |
1515 | Jul | 11 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 0.485973 | 29.458168 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four national INGO staff were kidnapped by an armed group. UPDATE: one staff member escaped and was found unharmed over a year later, on 29 August 2014; no news regarding the other three staff members, however. | Yes | Official Report |
1850 | Jul | 12 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 10.828468 | 49.252965 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One INGO staff member was injured when shooting broke out during what seems to have been an inter-clan attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1472 | Jul | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 31.187788 | 62.089746 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO national staff members, visiting the Awar area to supervise a vaccination project, were abducted by unknown armed gunmen. UPDATE: They were release 3 days later, following negotiations with the help of local elders from the beneficiary community. | Yes | Official Report |
1473 | Jul | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.375979 | 64.465167 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One staff member from a demining NGO was killed in transit by a roadside IED. | Yes | Official Report |
1614 | Jul | 14 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.470376 | 36.30053 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member suffered head injuries on 9 July 2013 when a shell exploded at the southern end of Palestine Street in Yarmouk. He subsequently died five days later on 14 July 2013. | Yes | Official Report |
1752 | Jul | 16 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.653849 | 38.638973 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver was stopped and detained by an unknown armed group, who requested a ransom. | Yes | Focal Point |
1474 | Jul | 17 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 0.188463 | 40.283483 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard for an NGO was shot when he interrupted what was likely an attempted armed robbery of an NGO compound in Dadaab. | Yes | Official Report |
1475 | Jul | 17 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 37.182341 | 68.913042 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national staff member of an INGO was injured and required a leg amputation when an IED attached to a bicycle detonated against the ANP vehicle in which he/she was traveling. | Yes | Official Report |
1516 | Jul | 19 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.361698 | 18.555975 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO Country Director was wounded after being shot. Two unidentified men attacked him as he was parking his car, asking for the keys to the vehicle and, as he tried to escape, he was hit in the leg by a bullet. | Yes | Focal Point |
1552 | Jul | 20 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 33.813945 | 68.94788 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One driver of an INGO ambulance was seriously injured when struck with small arms fire while in the crossfire between ANSF and AOG fighters. | Yes | Official Report |
1713 | Jul | 22 | 2013 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 8.218894 | 43.557972 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted warehouse worker was shot and killed by armed men suspected to be part of an insurgent group. | Yes | Focal Point |
1517 | Jul | 23 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 6.769623 | 47.430615 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A senior leader of a local NGO was shot dead by two masked gunmen shortly as he left Imamu-Shafici mosque in Garsor village of Galkayo. | Yes | Media |
1535 | Jul | 25 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 0.003728 | 40.368204 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An NGO staff member was stabbed to death by his neighbour when an argument between the two turned violent. | Yes | Official Report |
1740 | Jul | 27 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 35.995534 | 37.000089 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN driver was the victim of an armed robbery and was shot in the back twice by unidentified armed men. He was hospitalized and is in stable condition. | Yes | Focal Point |
1536 | Jul | 28 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.511867 | 36.576478 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Nine volunteers and two staff with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were injured when a distribution point in al-Qusur was hit with a mortar shell. | Yes | Official Report |
1844 | Jul | 31 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.045742 | 45.302612 | Incidental | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | Two LNGO staff were injured when Somali National Government (SNG) forces opened fire on the LNGO vehicle, allegedly because the vehicle did not stop when ordered to do so. The two staff were taken to a hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1537 | Jul | 31 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.038489 | 66.721209 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO staff member was killed when the car he was traveling in was stopped by AOG at an illegal checkpoint. Four others were in the car (not staff members); three of them were also killed but one was released to report the incident. There is no indication that the incident was related to his work. | Yes | Official Report |
1638 | Aug | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 33.483333 | 36.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer, after having disappeared for five months, died on 8 January 2014. | Yes | Official Report | |
1806 | Aug | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.998371 | 24.334143 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot and critically injured during an attempted carjacking/robbery. Three others were also in the vehicle, but they were unharmed. | Yes | Focal Point | |
1895 | Aug | 3 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Public location | 35.959411 | 38.998105 | Disputed | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | An American aid worker was killed in Raqqa, Syria on February 6th, 2015. She was initially kidnapped by militants on August 3rd, 2013. ISIS militants alledge that she was killed in retaliatory Jordanian airstrikes on Raqqa. The circumstances surrounding her death are contested by administration officials in the Jordanian and American governments, who believe that the aid worker was killed by ISIS. | Yes | Official Report |
1538 | Aug | 4 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 4.848775 | 31.508604 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was assaulted and robbed by four young men. | Yes | Official Report |
1539 | Aug | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.38015 | 31.804769 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed when unknown attackers shot at a marked NGO vehicle travelling on the Bor to Juba road. | Yes | Official Report |
1540 | Aug | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 4.809329 | 31.633258 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One staff member was killed and one wounded when their vehicle was attacked. | Yes | Media |
1555 | Aug | 8 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.499742 | 36.295234 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was killed. | Yes | Official Report |
1554 | Aug | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 34.917211 | 70.764156 | Incidental | Host State | Afghan Armed Forces | One NGO staff member was injured when an ANA fired mortar shell landed in a residential area. | Yes | Official Report |
1556 | Aug | 15 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.277528 | 62.614173 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One off-duty NGO national staff member was killed while acting as a bodyguard to a local powerbroker when they were ambushed while in transit. This is likely related to a family and/or tribal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1557 | Aug | 17 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Project site | 10.130742 | 33.327557 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was killed by a staff member of another INGO allegedly over domestic dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1558 | Aug | 18 | 2013 | IN | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 18.970715 | 72.819421 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One American working for an NGO was slashed by an assailant on her face and neck and robbed while on a commuter train. | Pending | Media |
1559 | Aug | 18 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 36.983382 | 67.047065 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A guard of an NGO-run clinic was shot and wounded when three armed men tried to gain access to the clinic and were refused. | Yes | Official Report |
1560 | Aug | 20 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.519919 | 32.490316 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One driver was shot when gunmen opened fire on four UN-contracted trucks. | Yes | Official Report |
1561 | Aug | 20 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 33.814659 | 68.947602 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO ambulance driver was wounded with small arms fire when passing through an clash between AOG and ANSF. | Yes | Official Report |
1562 | Aug | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.318414 | 63.216539 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One assistant driver of an IO-contracted food delivery truck was killed when a roadside IED exploded against his truck. | Yes | Official Report |
1563 | Aug | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.816435 | 67.816707 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two international aid workers were kidnapped and safely released three days later. Security officials said it was probably the work of hostage takers since the area is not a stronghold of the insurgency. | Yes | Official Report |
1564 | Aug | 25 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 35.204333 | 61.607134 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Five national staff members of an INGO were kidnapped while traveling in a taxi returning to their field office. All five were later killed. This was not a targeted incident. | Yes | Official Report |
1565 | Aug | 26 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.787959 | 70.478834 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was injured when a stray mortar struck a school where s/he was delivering a training. | Yes | Official Report |
1566 | Aug | 27 | 2013 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.865951 | 35.21448 | Incidental | Host state | Israel Defense Forces (IDF) | One UN staff member was shot and killed by IDF soldiers during clashes on an overnight arrest raid at the Qalandia refugee camp. | Pending | Media |
1567 | Aug | 31 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 4.858778 | 31.598305 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One UN staff member was assaulted by a person suspected to be an SPLA soldier while walking from the Olympic hotel in Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
1568 | Aug | 31 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 4.849379 | 31.508672 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was robbed and assaulted by two unknown masked men who entered and robbed his home, then removed him by force from his home and brought him to the forest where they continued to assault him and ask for money. | Yes | Official Report |
1569 | Aug | 31 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Unknown | Unknown | 31.610269 | 65.701536 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national staff driver was wounded when a body-borne IED was detonated. The attack was aimed at Afghanistan National Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1741 | Sep | 1 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.026156 | 45.331465 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Police | Two UN-contracted employees were shot and wounded by police as they were trying to enter the seaport. | Yes | Focal Point |
1570 | Sep | 2 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Project site | 36.21614 | 37.166897 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A Syrian doctor was kidnapped from Sejou village where he was working and found killed one day later in Aleppo province. | Yes | Media |
1571 | Sep | 5 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.423689 | 65.975326 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three male NGO national staff members and two drivers - affiliated with an NSP project - were kidnapped and released three days later on September 8th following negotiations by the local community, elders and community representatives to help secure their release. | Yes | Official Report |
1675 | Sep | 5 | 2013 | AM | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Unknown | 40.182387 | 44.511848 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was beaten by a group of unknown men in Yerevan. He was subsequently hospitalized and required surgery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1572 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 9.259642 | 29.800035 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was assaulted by three persons who allegedly disguised themselves as visitors at his residence in Kalibalak, Bentiu. He was evacuated to the hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1574 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 6.491239 | 17.45499 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | During an evacuation, two national staffers of an INGO were killed in transit while returning to base from a construction site in the area of Bossangoa. | Yes | Focal Point |
1851 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.032836 | 45.33976 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | An INGO guard was wounded during an Al Shabaab attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1680 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | SV | El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 13.692667 | -89.218216 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international consultant was shot and killed as he was withdrawing money from a bank. | Yes | Focal Point |
1742 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 33.786498 | 66.714834 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Community members | Two UN-contracted drivers were severely beaten by local community members for giving a ride to two women who were allegedly running away from their families. Both drivers were hospitalized and warned not to give rides to non-UN personnel. | Yes | Focal Point |
1573 | Sep | 8 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 4.873301 | 31.589264 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Robbers at a UN compound assaulted the UN-contracted guard, who was taken to the hospital for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1575 | Sep | 8 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 34.361066 | 68.851885 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two NGO staff members were hospitalized as a result of an AOG-initiated bomb blast accompanying a complex attack close to the NGO office. The NGO office was not the target of the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1753 | Sep | 12 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.076682 | 39.680846 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver was stopped by an unknown armed group in Kabajeb village, but was forced to drive to Mhambil village and off-load the cargo. The driver was detained for two days and was released with his empty truck on 14 September 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1578 | Sep | 13 | 2013 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 6.908154 | 122.088461 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) | Five local Red Cross volunteers were injured when Nur Misuari-led faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fired a rifle grenade in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Zamboanga City. | Pending | Media |
1577 | Sep | 14 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.476697 | 61.410496 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two national staff members of a demining INGO were kidnapped by AOG while traveling from Islam Qala toward Herat. They were released the following day. | Yes | Official Report |
1734 | Sep | 16 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.10564 | 70.972262 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An NGO security guard was shot during an armed robbery. He later died from his wounds two days later, on 18 September. | Yes | Focal Point |
1664 | Sep | 19 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -1.659905 | 29.221005 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO national staff member was shot and injured just as he reached his house, on his way home from work. He was subsequently hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point |
1579 | Sep | 22 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 28.00069 | 69.31894 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female social worker employed by a local NGO was kidnapped by unidentified armed men and killed. | Yes | Official Report |
1688 | Sep | 22 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 10.616478 | 47.366652 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | One INGO staff member was attacked by refugees, who were upset about the lack of food. The staff member sufferred a broken nose. | Yes | Focal Point |
1580 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.492154 | 27.993158 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One UN staff member was assaulted after group of people at the scene of road traffic accident forcibly asked the staff member to transport a non-UN casualty to a hospital - while the injured was being received at the hospital, an unknown person assaulted the staff member. | Yes | Official Report |
1581 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Two UN personnel and a UN contractor were reported injured during a complex attack by al-Shabaab at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi. | Yes | Official Report |
1582 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.884819 | 61.140623 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One NGO ambulance driver was kidnapped by AOG at an illegal checkpoint. The driver was released unharmed in the Islam Abad area of Khaki Safed District unharmed, following the intervention of local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1583 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 28.000421 | 69.318844 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Spouse | One female NGO worker was shot and killed by her husband in an honor killing. | Pending | Media |
1834 | Oct | 1 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 35.951414 | 39.026307 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One INGO worker was kidnapped by ISIS in Ar-Raqqah, while on his way to Deir Ezzour. UPDATE: The individual was killed in November 2014. | Pending | Media |
1584 | Oct | 1 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 32.64052 | 65.570947 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Four locally-employed workers (three labourers and a driver) who were subcontracted by a Community Development Council for an NGO-implemented NSP programme were killed after being intercepted by AOG while en route to a stone quarry. | Yes | Official Report |
1585 | Oct | 3 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 4.824871 | 31.607858 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member sustained injuries during a fight with three robbers at his home. | Yes | Official Report |
1591 | Oct | 3 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 8.955277 | 27.509186 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One NGO staff member was assaulted by an SPLA soldier. | Yes | Official Report |
1586 | Oct | 4 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 30.191604 | 66.998056 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A local NGO director was reportedly kidnapped for ransom by armed men while heading to his office. The rescue attempt failed to recover the victim. UPDATE: the director was freed on 7 December 2013 by his abductors in Mastung district. | Yes | Official Report |
1587 | Oct | 4 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 27.529402 | 68.757858 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of an INGO was abducted on the road. | Yes | Official Report |
1588 | Oct | 6 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.306405 | 44.1896 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN international staff member was ambushed and kidnapped by armed men while he was in his vehicle. UPDATE: He was released on 8 November 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1590 | Oct | 6 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 4.839911 | 31.611074 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN staff members were severely assaulted and sustained multiple stab wounds at the vicinity of their compound in the evening. They were admitted into a hospital for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1589 | Oct | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.580692 | 69.221584 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three national NGO staff members (driver and two engineers) were ambushed and kidnapped. A third engineer was present but managed to escape. | Yes | Official Report |
1592 | Oct | 12 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.105581 | 70.51334 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An off-duty NGO staff member, along with seven other civilians, was killed when the bazaar was struck by a rocket launched by an armed opposition group. Nine other civilians were injured. | Yes | Official Report |
1593 | Oct | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 34.801572 | 71.216105 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) | A community health worker, who seemed to have ties to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) fighters, was abducted by members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He was abducted with at least three IEA fighters, who were able to escape, but the community health worker was recaptured and killed. He was beaten to death with sticks. | Yes | Official Report |
1602 | Oct | 13 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.899383 | 36.763292 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | Six ICRC staff and one Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer were abducted by gunmen who had opened fire on the Red Cross convoy as they were traveling to Damascus. Three ICRC staff and the one Red Crescent volunteer were released the next day. The ICRC is awaiting information on the remaining three. Reports from ICRC in April 2019 indicate the remaining international staff member and two national staff members may still be alive, although specific information about their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Media |
1690 | Oct | 21 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 32.264539 | 68.524715 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three INGO staff members were injured by flying glass after an IED detonation. | Yes | Focal Point |
1845 | Oct | 22 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 6.766627 | 47.429627 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO security guard was shot and injured by an unknown armed man. The attack may have been connected to an inter-clan dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1594 | Oct | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.002473 | 62.224309 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local NGO workers were shot and wounded when the bus they were traveling on was fired at by armed men attempting an ambush at an illegal checkpoint. The bus kept driving and victims received medical treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1595 | Oct | 23 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.008688 | 24.840129 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The head of a Sudanese NGO was killed when armed carjackers ambushed and hijacked the NGO vehicle. Another NGO staff member and a police officer were also injured. The attack happened about 15 kilometers southwest of Nyala. | Pending | Media |
1755 | Oct | 27 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.713542 | 25.617136 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted employees (driver and assistant) were abducted by an unknown armed group (suspected to be rebel elements) and the contents of the truck were stolen. The truck was traveing in a convoy escorted by the Popular Defence Forces. The driver and the assistant were eventually released on 20 November 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1689 | Oct | 29 | 2013 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 4.482944 | 41.664859 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was abducted and very severely beaten by three armed militia men. The attack may be related to tribal politics. | Yes | Focal Point |
1596 | Oct | 30 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.699185 | 24.99564 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A UN contractor was carjacked and abducted by unknown criminals while driving along the Nyala-El Fasher road. | Yes | Official Report |
1791 | Oct | 30 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.815088 | 25.414386 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver was abducted by a rebel group on board a Land Cruiser. | Yes | Focal Point |
1605 | Nov | 3 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Office/compound | 33.991882 | 71.498232 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A security guard was injured when unknown individuals hurled a hand grenade inside an INGO guest house. Staff was relocated to Islamabad. | Yes | Official Report |
1619 | Nov | 5 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 37.100701 | 70.556332 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An INGO staff member was stabbed and killed by the son of the mayor of Faizabad. | Yes | Official Report |
1601 | Nov | 6 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.927027 | 66.142532 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An off-duty NGO staff member was shot and killed by two unknown gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1693 | Nov | 6 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 33.510823 | 36.30675 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was injured when a mortar landed inside the INGO project site; the staff received shrapnel to the chest. | Yes | Focal Point |
1598 | Nov | 7 | 2013 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international worker was injured and one national worker killed during an armed break-in at an orphanage. Three burglars assaulted them with a hammer and demanded money. The national worker was an unarmed security guard who died protecting the international staff member. | Pending | Media |
1780 | Nov | 7 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.362361 | 18.554524 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Ex-Seleka | An INGO-contracted driver, while driving from a program site to a hotel parking lot, was shot and killed by most likely ex-Seleka soldiers. There may have been an ethnic/religious component to the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1788 | Nov | 8 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.414805 | 25.468676 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three UN-contracted individuals (driver and 2 assistants) were kidnapped by unknown armed men aboard two Land Cruiser vehicles. The driver, the two assistants, and the truck were released six days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1597 | Nov | 11 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 36.889853 | 38.369716 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer of the Ein Al Arab sub-branch in Aleppo was killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1599 | Nov | 11 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.689845 | 62.732388 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff member working for an INGO implementing partner was abducted by five unknown armed men. The individual was released two days later on November 13 after a local elder mediated. | Yes | Official Report |
1744 | Nov | 15 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.475759 | 25.299246 | Unknown | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One UN-contracted driver was shot in the right shoulder by soldiers of the Sudan Armed Forces at a checkpoint. He was hospitalized immediately. | Yes | Focal Point |
1838 | Nov | 17 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.717466 | 44.768614 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff member working at Marka General Hospital was shot and killed by unknown armed militia. The incident was reportedly related to clan revenge. | Yes | Official Report |
1611 | Nov | 18 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 34.501665 | 69.157429 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two international NGO staff members, while walking on the hillside above Babur Gardens, were approached by three young men who stole their phones and wallets. The perpetrators beat the male staff member when he tried to retrieve their phones. He sustained injuries and received medical treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1600 | Nov | 19 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.092538 | 70.469295 | Political | Criminal | Unknown | Three national staff members of a UN implementing partner were abducted by an unknown armed group. They were released the next day with the help of tribal elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1692 | Nov | 19 | 2013 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 32.879813 | 13.19014 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was kidnapped for a few days, beaten, and extorted of money by militiamen. | Yes | Focal Point |
1666 | Nov | 21 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 32.92689 | 66.141517 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two polio workers were abducted on 21 November and found dead the following day by Afghan National Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1604 | Nov | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 36.727865 | 68.867998 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One female and one male NGO staff member were injured when their NGO vehicle was attacked by anti-government forces. Three other NGO staff were on board, and they were rescued by Afghan Local Police after an attempted kidnapping. | Yes | Official Report |
1603 | Nov | 24 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.910763 | 65.028694 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two local NGO staff members were abducted by unknown individuals. | Yes | Official Report |
1606 | Nov | 24 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 33.452008 | 36.376632 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member was killed when a mortar shell struck his vehicle as he was driving near Damascus airport. He and three other passengers in the vehicle were killed instantly. | Yes | Official Report |
1691 | Nov | 24 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.365346 | 23.142106 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was shot during a carjacking. | Yes | Focal Point |
1608 | Nov | 25 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 4.611755 | 31.263156 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national UN staff member was injured when two teenagers attempted to steal his laptop bag. He received medical care at a UN hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1676 | Nov | 25 | 2013 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 10.291469 | 123.966694 | Incidental | Staff member | Not applicable | One INGO truck driver and his assistant began arguing for some unknown reason, and the conflict escalated to the assistant stabbing the truck driver outside of the INGO warehouse. The driver was hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point |
1846 | Nov | 26 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 3.117687 | 43.644197 | Economic | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | An INGO security guard was shot and wounded by a member of the Somali National Government forces. The attack appears to be related to a dispute over INGO employment. | Yes | Official Report |
1609 | Nov | 26 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Project site | 32.627761 | 65.901625 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three aid workers involved in a village-level development project were killed by a remote-controlled bomb. | Pending | Media |
1610 | Nov | 27 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.881989 | 64.686842 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Six Afghan staff of an INGO were killed and one was wounded when they were attacked by insurgents, who opened fire on them. The aid workers, who were working on different projects, may have been deliberately singled out for attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1807 | Dec | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -0.938692 | 29.073764 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were critically injured when they were physically assaulted with machetes during an attempted robbery. | Yes | Focal Point | |
1612 | Dec | 1 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 35.071902 | 62.875252 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two INGO staff and their driver, while distributing food at a school, were abducted by anti-government extremists. (A third INGO staff member was present but managed to escape.) After community elders intervened, the two INGO staff and the driver were released two days later on December 3. | Yes | Official Report |
1613 | Dec | 2 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 32.6327 | 36.106299 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member was killed by shrapnel from a mortar round that struck her residence. | Yes | Official Report |
1621 | Dec | 5 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 4.361698 | 18.555975 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One off-duty INGO national staff member was shot and killed by armed intruders at his home. The attack seems to have been religiously motivated. | Yes | Focal Point |
1622 | Dec | 5 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 15.352027 | 44.212945 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | Two Germans and one Yemeni co-worker were killed and one Yemeni co-worker was wounded in an attack by Al Qaeda-linked militants on the Yemeni defense ministry complex (two additional staff were present but unhurt). The German staff were in the hospital due to medical treatment. The complex was targeted because it supposedly accommodated drone control rooms and American experts. Over 50 people were killed and over 160 injured in the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1623 | Dec | 6 | 2013 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 11.671952 | 11.534682 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member suffered gunshot wounds when the NGO was robbed by gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1847 | Dec | 7 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.983244 | 44.283339 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO-contracted driver was shot and kiled by an unidentified gunman. | Yes | Official Report |
1624 | Dec | 7 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Office/compound | 4.577313 | 28.39885 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A security guard for an INGO compound was attacked by an armed intruder. The guard was hospitalized and is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
1625 | Dec | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.308525 | 64.813115 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN contractor de-mining staff member was abducted by unknown gunmen in Musa Qala District. | Yes | Official Report |
1677 | Dec | 8 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 4.57736 | 28.398834 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard at an INGO compound was struck by the butt of a gun when he intervened in a conflict between the assailant and another INGO staff member. The guard sustained a deep wound and was hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point |
1626 | Dec | 13 | 2013 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15.075763 | -7.519128 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An NGO humanitarian worker was killed by unknown robbers. | Yes | Official Report |
1636 | Dec | 14 | 2013 | AR | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | -34.603803 | -58.381552 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international UN staffer was robbed and attacked on the street, suffering substantial injuries and requiring hospitalization. | Yes | Official Report |
1694 | Dec | 14 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.846628 | 71.09726 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO contracted driver was killed when his vehicle hit an IED. | Yes | Focal Point |
1627 | Dec | 16 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 6.799846 | 33.126794 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One nationally recruited INGO member was injured by a stray bullet when a fight involving the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) erupted. | Yes | Official Report |
1628 | Dec | 17 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.405904 | 70.359338 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN Agency Implementing Partner staff member was traveling in the organization's vehicle when stopped by an armed group and subsequently abducted. | Yes | Official Report |
1678 | Dec | 17 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 13.114815 | 23.864988 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were severely beaten by six masked men attempting to rob their guest house. | Yes | Focal Point |
1630 | Dec | 19 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 7.785145 | 33.002922 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Youths | An INGO staff member was killed by Nuer youth during an attack on a UN base in Akobo, where the staff was taking refuge. The attack seems to have been ethnically motivated. | Yes | Official Report |
1781 | Dec | 19 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 6.219415 | 31.549315 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was killed while one his way from home to the INGO compound. There are no clear details about how he was killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1745 | Dec | 21 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 9.949996 | 30.267263 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national INGO worker was targeted and killed by unknown armed assailants. It is likely that the killing was linked to the employee's Nuer ethnicity. | Yes | Focal Point |
1711 | Dec | 23 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 15.450513 | 36.399923 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was stabbed and killed by an armed intruder during what seems to be an attempted robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1852 | Dec | 29 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 0.645158 | 41.560769 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Five local NGO staff members were abducted by unidentified gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1789 | Dec | 31 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.566277 | 25.479459 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted individuals (driver and assistant) were abducted by an unknown armed group. The driver, his assistant, and the truck were released 20 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
Total | 163 | 239 | 17 | 68 | 237 | 27 | 208 | 259 | 175 | 642 | 22 | 35 | 52 | 109 | 751 | 487 | 62 | 202 |