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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35 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international staff wounded and 1 national staff killed, sometime in 1997 | Yes | Focal Point | ||||||
1 | Jan | 1997 | KH | Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 14.07092855 | 103.099916 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff killed while working in Banteay Meanchey province. | Archived | Archived | |
2 | Jan | 1997 | RW | Rwanda | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | -1.49984 | 29.63497 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO international (Spanish) staff killed, 1 INGO international (US) staff gravely wounded during armed raid on INGO compound in Ruhengeri, Rwanda. | Archived | Archived | |
3 | Feb | 1997 | TJ | Tajikistan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 38.6281733 | 70.8156541 | Unknown | Unknown | 3 UN national staff, 1 UN international (Nigerian) staff, 1 ICRC international staff and 1 ICRC national staff kidnapped along with other (not included) UN staff, journalist and Tajik govt rep; released 48 hours later. | Archived | Archived | ||
4 | Feb | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -0.358216 | 42.545087 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya | 1 INGO international staff killed by Al ittihad militia in Kismayo. | Archived | Archived | |
5 | Feb | 14 | 1997 | RW | Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.9508511 | 30.0615075 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Kigali Feb 14. | Archived | Archived |
7 | May | 1997 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL) | 10 NRCS staff first aid workers killed in fighting between Zairean troops and rebels from the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL). | Archived | Archived | |
6 | May | 7 | 1997 | SL | Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.6400349 | -11.8400269 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver killed and 2 UN national staff wounded when UN assessment team ambushed May 7. | Archived | Archived |
11 | Jun | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 2.25 | 41.16667 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya | 1 UN national staff beheaded by Al-Ittihad militia after ambush near Tulo-Burago village in Gedo region. Another 3 UN national staff (not included) bound, questioned and later released. The victim, a senior SNF Commander, was the apparent target of the Al-Ittihad militia. | Yes | Focal Point | |
12 | Jun | 8 | 1997 | RW | Rwanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | -1.49984 | 29.63497 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed when he was among a group of villagers attacked by insurgents near Ruhengeri on June 8. | Archived | Archived |
8 | Jun | 14 | 1997 | RW | Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -1.49984 | 29.63497 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Ruhengeri June 14. The staffer, his wife, young child and another relative were killed at night in their home in Rubange secteur. | Archived | Archived |
9 | Jun | 17 | 1997 | RW | Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Detention | Unknown | -1.49984 | 29.63497 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Ruhengeri June 17. Arrested by soldiers on 9 June 1997. The mutilated body was found in the bush near Ruhengeri town, on 13 June and had been tortured and shot through the head. | Archived | Archived |
10 | Jun | 19 | 1997 | RW | Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | -1.49984 | 29.63497 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver was shot and killed in Ruhengeri along with his wife, their son aged 7 and their daughter aged 6. They were shot through the windows of their house in Kigombe. | Archived | Archived |
14 | Jun | 19 | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -0.36667 | 42.53333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya | 1 INGO driver killed by Al Ittihad militia in Kismayo on June 19. | Archived | Archived |
13 | Jun | 20 | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 3.1199508 | 43.6444625 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staffer (Portuguese) shot in Baidoa hospital apparently in revenge for shooter's brother who died in his care. | Archived | Archived |
16 | Jul | 1997 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO local staffer killed in home attack. | Archived | Archived | ||
17 | Jul | 1997 | Chechnya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (British) staff kidnapped. Released 15 months later after ransom paid. | Archived | Archived | ||
18 | Jul | 1997 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.25 | 45.83333 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff kidnapped in Nazran and held 3.6 months before escaping. | Archived | Archived | ||
19 | Jul | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 4.01897 | 44.51112 | Economic | Staff member | Security guard | 1 donor agency international staff official kidnapped by his security guards at Teyeglow. Escaped two days later. | Archived | Archived | |
15 | Jul | 17 | 1997 | BD | Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 23.61352 | 90.50298 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Siddhirganj, July 17. | Archived | Archived |
20 | Aug | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | -0.36667 | 42.53333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | 2 INGO national nurses running a health clinic killed in apparent clan-related revenge killing in Kismayo. | Archived | Archived | |
21 | Aug | 1997 | Chechnya | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.0574916 | 47.1332224 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO international staff (French) kidnapped in Dagestan and held 3.5 months. Ransom negotiated by French govt. | Archived | Archived | ||
23 | Sep | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff kidnapped in Mogadishu over FFW project dispute. | Archived | Archived | |
24 | Sep | 1997 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 4.824871 | 31.607858 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Juba. | Archived | Archived | |
22 | Sep | 24 | 1997 | ET | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 8.53056 | 44.795 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staffers shot dead in apparent robbery attempt in Ogaden region Sept 24. | Archived | Archived |
25 | Oct | 1997 | AO | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
26 | Oct | 1997 | RW | Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -1.9646631 | 30.0644358 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
28 | Oct | 1997 | AO | Angola | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (German and Zimbabwean) staff killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
27 | Oct | 18 | 1997 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.70904 | 67.11087 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff killed by stray bullet when three ICRC cars caught in crossfire Anchoy-Shibirgan road 200 kilometres west of Mazar-i-Sharif on Oct 18. | Archived | Archived |
29 | Oct | 23 | 1997 | Chechnya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.3278775 | 45.6762535 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (Hungarian) staff kidnapped in Grozny on Oct 23 and held for 9 months. Severe abuse (mutilations). Ransom paid by Hungarian govt. | Archived | Archived | |
31 | Nov | 1997 | CG | Congo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -1.44 | 15.556 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff killed and 2 wounded in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
30 | Nov | 22 | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 3 UN national staff (from two agencies) and 1 from another UN body abducted by gunmen on Nov 22 and released the next day. Involved a charcoal trade dispute. | Yes | Focal Point |
32 | Nov | 26 | 1997 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 2.270978 | 45.334654 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 2 INGO international staff (1 male 1 female, Italian) and 1 male national staff were kidnapped after 1-hour armed attack on base in Deganlei on Nov 26. Organized by Mogadishu businessman who had a trade dispute with the then Vice Governor of Balad, Mohamed Abshir. | Archived | Archived |
34 | Dec | 1997 | TJ | Tajikistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Unknown | 38.6281733 | 70.8156541 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff (of two different organizations) kidnapped. One victim was fatally wounded when her abductors set off a grenade to kill themselves and their hostage. The other victim was rescued, unharmed. | Archived | Media | |
33 | Dec | 17 | 1997 | Chechnya | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO international (Polish) staff kidnapped by 15 armed men on Dec 17. | Archived | Media | |
61 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Unknown | Raid | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international and 3 national staff killed, and 2 nationals wounded, sometime during year. | Archived | Archived | ||||||
62 | 1998 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Home | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in armed robbery on a team house. Month unknown. | Archived | Archived | ||
37 | Jan | 1998 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 8.7593439 | 80.4999646 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff murdered when working as a night watchman at the ICRC sub-delegation in Vavuniya, when the sub-delegation | Archived | Archived | |
38 | Jan | 1998 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff driver killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
36 | Jan | 29 | 1998 | Chechnya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43 | 44.25 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (French) staff kidnapped and 1 UN national staff driver beaten at gunpoint in N. Ossetia on Jan 29. | Archived | Archived | |
42 | Mar | 1998 | RW | Rwanda | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | -1.9646631 | 30.0644358 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO staff killed in armed assault on camp (presumed here to be national staff). | Archived | Archived | |
40 | Mar | 6 | 1998 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed March 6. | Archived | Archived |
39 | Mar | 22 | 1998 | SL | Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 7.9967363 | -10.9495705 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) | 1 ICRC national staff member (and his son) killed during killed in an exchange of fire between ECOMOG and the AFRC/RUF near Segbwema. | Archived | Archived |
44 | Apr | 1998 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Project site | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in hospital bombing. | Archived | Archived | |
45 | Apr | 1998 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -3.3239046 | 29.3206183 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff ambushed and killed by bandits in Bujumbura, April 22. | Archived | Archived | |
43 | Apr | 15 | 1998 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 9 internationals and 1 national working for ICRC/IFRC kidnapped as their aircraft landed in Mogadishu (5 ICRC internationals, 2 IFRC delegates, 1 national RC worker kidnapped along with 2 pilots (labelled here as ICRC)). The victims were a Somali, an American, a South African. | Archived | Archived |
48 | Jun | 1998 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -3.3239046 | 29.3206183 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Danish) staff killed by car thieves in Bujumbura. | Archived | Archived | |
46 | Jun | 9 | 1998 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11 | 31 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff killed along with 1 national RC worker were killed when gunmen fired on a UN vehicle in South Kordofan June 9 (3 other RC workers wounded). | Archived | Archived |
47 | Jun | 25 | 1998 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 7 | 44 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya | 6 ICRC international staff (1 Swiss, 5 Somali) abducted when travelling from Gode to Degeh Bur in three marked vehicles on June 25. On July 3 the Islamic group al-Ittihad al-Islami claimed responsibility, stating that the hostages were under investigation. | Archived | Archived |
50 | Jul | 1998 | SO | Somalia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff killed and 5 wounded when convoy attacked. | Archived | Archived | |
49 | Jul | 8 | 1998 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Uganda National Rescue Front | 1 UN national staff killed in ambush by guerrillas from the Uganda National Rescue Front II on July 8. Vehicle also robbed and blown up. | Archived | Archived |
53 | Jul | 11 | 1998 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | -3.11667 | 29.4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed in ambush on RN 9 in Bubanza's Gihanga commune July 11. | Archived | Archived |
51 | Jul | 13 | 1998 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 34.430247 | 70.448678 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff from different agencies kidnapped in or near Jalalabad on July 13 and later found dead. | Archived | Archived |
52 | Jul | 24 | 1998 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | -3.3239046 | 29.3206183 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staffer killed in Bujumbura on July 24. | Archived | Archived |
54 | Aug | 1998 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 1 UN national staff killed while fleeing advancing Taliban forces. Discovered Nov 27. | Archived | Archived | |
55 | Aug | 1998 | XK | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Individual attack | Road | 42.56231965 | 20.9060579 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 NGO national staff killed while delivering INGO parcels. | Archived | Archived | |
56 | Sep | 1998 | XK | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 42.56231965 | 20.9060579 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC male national staff killed and 3 ICRC (1 international New Zealand, 2 nationals) staff wounded when ICRC car hit landmine. | Archived | Archived | |
57 | Sep | 1998 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Italian) staff working at an INGO run hospital kidnapped and held for several days. | Archived | Archived | |
59 | Nov | 1998 | AO | Angola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff killed and 1 wounded in convoy ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
58 | Nov | 14 | 1998 | AO | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | -12.3830189 | 16.9423833 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed while guarding warehouse in Kuito on Nov 14. | Archived | Archived |
60 | Dec | 1998 | AO | Angola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national female staff killed. | Archived | Archived | |
94 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international staff wounded and 1 national wounded sometime during year. | Archived | Archived | ||||||
64 | Jan | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed in ambush in south Mogadishu, Lenin Road. Not clear if the attack aimed at the organization | Archived | Archived | |
65 | Jan | 1999 | SL | Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 8.6400349 | -11.8400269 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in house attack. | Archived | Archived | |
66 | Jan | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 3 | 42 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO international (Kenyan) staff shot dead in Gede region. Incident possibly stemmed from a labour dispute. | Archived | Archived | |
67 | Jan | 1999 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Unknown | 16.3471243 | 47.8915271 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Armed tribesmen | 4 INGO international (2 British, 2 Dutch) staff kidnapped by armed tribesmen and later released. | Archived | Archived | |
63 | Jan | 2 | 1999 | AO | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Unknown | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed when MONUA chartered plane shot down Jan 2. | Archived | Archived |
68 | Feb | 18 | 1999 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 9.26 | 29.8 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC international (Swiss) staff and 4 national RC workers kidnapped. Swiss released in March, Sudanese killed April. | Archived | Archived |
69 | Mar | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Individual attack | Project site | -1.03471 | 41.49756 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya | 1 INGO international staff killed in Ras Kambooni, lower Juba, while meeting with elders. Suspected to be carried out by Al-Ittihad militia. | Archived | Archived | |
70 | Apr | 1999 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Incidental | State: unknown | Not applicable | 1 ICRC national staff killed in air raid. | Archived | Archived | |
71 | Apr | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Italian) staff kidnapped for ransom and released with ransom unpaid. | Archived | Archived | |
73 | Apr | 1999 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 9.145 | 40.489673 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff kidnapped and later released | Archived | Archived | |
72 | Apr | 14 | 1999 | AO | Angola | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO and NGOs national staff killed in ambush April 14. | Archived | Archived |
74 | May | 1999 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed and 2 wounded when relief barge on Nile in Sudan was attacked. | Archived | Archived | |
75 | May | 15 | 1999 | Chechnya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.4428286 | 43.4204809 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international staff kidnapped in Kabardino-Balkaria May 15. Released July 19. | Archived | Archived | |
76 | Jun | 1999 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Interahamwe | 1 UN national staff injured when vehicle shot at by the suspected militant Hutu group Interahamwe. | Archived | Archived | |
77 | Jun | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 10.2950001 | 43.56610996 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Militia | 2 UN national staff kidnapped by militia in Baki, released after intervention by UN and authorities. | Archived | Archived | |
78 | Jun | 1999 | AO | Angola | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | -9.1842148 | 13.9624111 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | National Union for the Total Independence of Angola | 2 INGO national staff killed and 2 wounded when ambushed by armed men wearing UNITA uniforms during polio eradication campaign in Barraca, Bengo Province. | Archived | Archived | |
79 | Jun | 1999 | AO | Angola | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -7.6117323 | 15.0563515 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed when 80-truck convoy was ambushed in the north Angolan province of Uije including some aid vehicles June 16. Approximately 60 dead or missing including 54 civilians. | Archived | Archived | |
80 | Jul | 24 | 1999 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -3.3239046 | 29.3206183 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Italian) staff killed in Bujumbura July 24. | Archived | Archived |
82 | Aug | 1999 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 0.85 | 123.78333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff found murdered in E. Timor. | Archived | Archived | |
81 | Aug | 4 | 1999 | SL | Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.6400349 | -11.8400269 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) | 2 UN international staff among 33 from UN group kidnapped by AFRC faction Aug 4 and released Aug 11. | Archived | Archived |
83 | Aug | 11 | 1999 | LR | Liberia | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.28694 | -10.08444 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 6 INGO international (4 British, 1 Norwegian, 1 Italian) staff kidnapped in Kolahun Aug 11. Released unharmed 2 days later. | Archived | Archived |
86 | Sep | 14 | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 3.325005 | 42.2205319 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was killed in attack in Somalia on Sept 14. The victim was among 10 people killed when rival factions fought for the control of the southern town Garbaharey. | Archived | Archived |
84 | Sep | 15 | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in road shooting Sept 15-16. | Archived | Archived |
85 | Sep | 16 | 1999 | AO | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed when convoy attacked Sept 16. | Archived | Archived |
87 | Oct | 1999 | BI | Burundi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff wounded, 2 internationals killed (1 Chilean, 1 Dutch) and others escaped unharmed during ambush of joint UN assessment team. | Archived | Archived | |
88 | Oct | 1999 | Chechnya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Aerial bombardment | Ambush | Road | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Unknown | State: unknown | Not applicable | 2 RC national staff killed and 1 wounded in aerial bombardment of humanitarian convoy. | Archived | Archived | ||
90 | Oct | 1999 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 2.46513 | 45.19062 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national killed outside hospital in Jowhar. Gunman killed later. | Archived | Archived | |
89 | Oct | 7 | 1999 | TJ | Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 38.6281733 | 70.8156541 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staffer killed Oct 7. | Archived | Archived |
91 | Nov | 1999 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff security officer killed in his home in Nairobi. | Archived | Media | |
93 | Nov | 1999 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 5.5528455 | 95.3192908 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 6 NGO national staff arrested and tortured in Aceh. | Archived | Archived | |
92 | Nov | 10 | 1999 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.8930783 | -73.7845072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international (British) staff kidnapped Nov 10 and released unharmed Nov 14. | Archived | Archived |
136 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international and 3 national staff wounded. | Archived | Archived | ||||||
96 | Jan | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff shot and wounded when returning from a relief distribution. | Archived | Archived | |
98 | Jan | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.03711 | 45.34375 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed during an ambush north of Mogadishu. | Archived | Archived | |
100 | Jan | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 1.8427539 | 44.5937239 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed in attack on office in Sablale. | Archived | Archived | |
101 | Jan | 2000 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 8 INGO staff (7 national, 1 international) killed in attack on vehicle. | Archived | Archived | |
102 | Jan | 2000 | AO | Angola | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -14.06667 | 14.08333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff killed and 2 wounded in ambush near the town of Quilengues. | Archived | Archived | |
97 | Jan | 8 | 2000 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 8.927721 | 29.788925 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff were killed in an ambush by armed rebels in Al Wahdah State on Jan 8. They were on the road travelling from Bentiu to Mayom when the attack occurred. Reportedly, the team was heading to the Mayom to open a health center. | Archived | Archived |
95 | Jan | 10 | 2000 | MZ | Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -25.9662133 | 32.5674498 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Maputo on Jan 10. | Archived | Archived |
99 | Jan | 28 | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO national staff killed in attack on aid convoy on Jan 28. | Archived | Archived |
103 | Feb | 2000 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 9.145 | 40.489673 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 international staff wounded when vehicle ambushed. | Archived | Archived | |
104 | Feb | 22 | 2000 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFI international (Netherlands) staff shot and killed in Nairobi, Feb 22. | Archived | Archived |
107 | Mar | 2000 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
105 | Mar | 4 | 2000 | RW | Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.9508511 | 30.0615075 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Liberian) staff shot and killed by unknown assailant while sitting in their car in Kigali, March 4. | Archived | Archived |
106 | Mar | 8 | 2000 | XK | Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 42.6371194 | 21.1300415 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Pristina March 8. | Archived | Archived |
109 | Apr | 2000 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff hijacked in Bunia, Ituri by militia and forced to transport weapons. Led to organization's withdrawal from province. | Archived | Archived | |
108 | Apr | 4 | 2000 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -3.4055866 | 29.1375509 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed in Uvira, April 4. | Archived | Archived |
110 | Apr | 15 | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.8427539 | 44.5937239 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 wounded in ambush in Brava-Merka Roa on April 15. | Archived | Archived |
111 | May | 2000 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Incidental | State: unknown | Not applicable | 1 UN national staff killed in bombardment | Archived | Archived | |
112 | May | 2000 | AO | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed when convoy attacked. | Archived | Archived | |
113 | May | 2000 | SL | Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 7.5272741 | -12.5019545 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | I INGO international (British) staff kidnapped and released six weeks later. | Archived | Archived | |
114 | May | 3 | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed in Mogadishu, May 3. | Archived | Archived |
116 | Jun | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 international agency international (German) staff stabbed to death in car reportedly by deranged man. | Archived | Archived | |
117 | Jun | 2000 | IQ | Iraq | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff killed, 1 national killed, and 6 nationals wounded by a gunman in two-hour standoff at UN Baghdad HQ. | Archived | Archived | |
115 | Jun | 10 | 2000 | AO | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in Angola, June 10. | Archived | Archived |
118 | Jul | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | UN national staff, Dr. Salad Osoble, shot and wounded on road to Mogadishu by bandits. | Archived | Archived | |
119 | Jul | 9 | 2000 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national and 1 international (Kenyan) wounded along with 3 other health workers (not counted here) in July 9 ambush that killed local health center director (also not counted here). | Archived | Archived |
121 | Jul | 26 | 2000 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Osman Atto Militia | 2 INGO international staff kidnapped and held for two months by Osman Atto's militia. | Yes | Official Report |
120 | Jul | 27 | 2000 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.8930783 | -73.7845072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French)staff kidnapped, July 27. | Archived | Archived |
122 | Aug | 2000 | AF | Afghanistan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 34.3508273 | 62.2164003 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 7 UN-contracted national staff killed and 1 wounded in ambush near Herat. | Archived | Archived | |
123 | Aug | 2000 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 0.5184021 | 25.2057292 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff found dead in Kisangani; undetermined motivation. | Archived | Archived | |
124 | Aug | 2000 | GE | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 42.14533005 | 45.3025268 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC international staff (Italian, French) and 1 national staff kidnapped in Pankisi. All released unharmed. | Archived | Archived | |
125 | Aug | 27 | 2000 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 4.14717685 | 96.13821685 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimod) | 3 INGO national staff working in South Aceh were hospitalised after being tortured by Brimob officers, Aug 27. | Archived | Archived |
127 | Sep | 2000 | GN | Guinea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 10.7226226 | -10.7083587 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Togolese) staff killed and 1 international staff (Ivorian) kidnapped. | Archived | Archived | |
128 | Sep | 2000 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 3.449 | 97.1275 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimod) | 1 NGO national staff beaten/tortured when detained by members of Brimob in Meukek Sub-district. | Archived | Archived | |
126 | Sep | 6 | 2000 | ID | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Mob violence | Unknown | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 3 UN internationals killed by mob in W. Timor. | Yes | Official Report |
129 | Nov | 2000 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed. | Archived | Archived | |
130 | Dec | 2000 | GN | Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 10.7226226 | -10.7083587 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff kidnapped and released Jan 22, 2001. | Archived | Archived | |
131 | Dec | 2000 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Incidental | State: unknown | Not applicable | 1 ICRC national staff killed in aerial bombing. | Archived | Archived | |
133 | Dec | 2000 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (British) staff killed in bus attack. | Archived | Archived | |
135 | Dec | 2000 | GN | Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 10.7226226 | -10.7083587 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed (along with wife); bodies found in organization's guest house. | Archived | Archived | |
134 | Dec | 9 | 2000 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Detention | Custody | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Indonesian National Police | 3 NGO national staff executed by police Dec 9. | Archived | Archived |
132 | Dec | 20 | 2000 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national staff, one from an INGO and one from a national NGO, killed in ambush on Dec 20. | Archived | Archived |
165 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC international staff wounded, 2 national staff wounded sometime during year. | Archived | Archived | ||||||
137 | Jan | 9 | 2001 | Chechnya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff kidnapped, Jan 9 and released Feb 4. 1 INGO international staff of another organization wounded when the kidnappers fired on convoy. | Archived | Archived | |
139 | Mar | 2001 | SO | Somalia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 7 UN (6 international, 1 national) staff and 3 INGO international staff held hostage when gunmen stormed and ransacked the INGO's compound in Mogadishu, March 27. Five of the internationals were released within a few days. 2 more international staff (2 UN agencies) were released a few days later. | Archived | Archived | |
140 | Mar | 8 | 2001 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLA/AW) | Two INGO international (Kenyan) and 2 national staff kidnapped when armed rebels attacked village, March 8. The perpetrators were reportedly from the Sudan Liberation Movement, although this was not confirmed. | Archived | Archived |
138 | Mar | 27 | 2001 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -5.78156 | 12.63389 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed by gunmen in ambush and stole victim's vehicle in Kimpese, March 27. | Archived | Archived |
143 | Apr | 2001 | XK | Kosovo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Unknown | 42.56231965 | 20.9060579 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed, 1 wounded when hit by cluster bomb. | Archived | Archived | |
141 | Apr | 3 | 2001 | BI | Burundi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 UN national staff wounded when UN vehicles attacked, April 3. | Archived | Archived |
144 | Apr | 18 | 2001 | Chechnya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed and 1 national staff wounded after being shot in a car and later died. | Archived | Archived | |
142 | Apr | 26 | 2001 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.5625 | 30.2484167 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC international (Swiss, Colombian) and 4 national staff ambushed and killed near Bunia. | Yes | Official Report |
146 | May | 2001 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international (Danish) staff killed when plane downed by projectile fired from unknown origin. | Yes | Focal Point | |
147 | May | 2001 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 3.8689867 | 11.5213344 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFRC international (French) staff killed after being attacked and stabbed in the chest on her way to a pharmacy to get medicine for her baby. | Archived | Archived | |
145 | May | 8 | 2001 | MG | Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -18.9249604 | 46.4416422 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed, May 8 | Archived | Archived |
148 | May | 11 | 2001 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 6 INGO national staff kidnapped when operating mobile clinic, May 11, later released unharmed. | Archived | Archived |
149 | Jun | 2001 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed, 3 kidnapped. | Archived | Archived | |
150 | Jun | 2001 | TJ | Tajikistan | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 38.6281733 | 70.8156541 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 6 INGO international staff (4 Germans, 1 US, 1 Russian) and 9 national staff held hostage by militants and later released. | Archived | Archived | |
153 | Jul | 2001 | FJ | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | -18.1239696 | 179.0122737 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFRC worker killed at home. | Archived | Archived | |
154 | Jul | 2001 | AO | Angola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Unknown | Host state | Provincial Organization of Volunteers of Civil Defence of Angola (OPVDCA) | 1 INGO national staff shot and wounded on his home compound when visiting latrine. Civil Defence responsible and arrested. | Archived | Archived | |
151 | Jul | 5 | 2001 | AO | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -12.7765392 | 15.7320468 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in convoy ambush near Huambo, July 5. | Archived | Archived |
152 | Jul | 5 | 2001 | CF | Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4.361697 | 18.555978 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (French) staff killed in C.A.R., July 5. | Archived | Archived |
155 | Jul | 14 | 2001 | SO | Somalia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.03711 | 45.34375 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Militia | 2 UN national staff wounded and 6 killed when UN relief convoy ambushed by militiamen loyal to warlord Osman Atto near Mogadishu, July 14. | Archived | Archived |
156 | Aug | 2001 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.16667 | 28.25 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | 1 INGO international (French) staff and 2 nationals kidnapped by Mai-Mai groups on the Ruzizi Plain in eastern DRC in late August, and held for almost one week, prompting the INGO to temporarily suspend their operations in the Eastern DRC (OFDA rpt). | Archived | Archived | |
157 | Sep | 2001 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
158 | Sep | 2001 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff kidnapped on his way to work. | Archived | Archived | |
159 | Sep | 2001 | AO | Angola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff wounded by landmine while fixing hand pump. Resulted in amputation. | Archived | Archived | |
160 | Oct | 3 | 2001 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 5.2022128 | 96.7023788 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFRC national staff killed with signs of torture in Aceh. | Archived | Archived |
161 | Nov | 2001 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Ivoirian) staff killed. | Archived | Archived | |
162 | Dec | 2001 | AF | Afghanistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Shooting | Ambush | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 UN national staff beaten/wounded; 1 UN (different agency) national staff shot dead, and 1 NGO national staff wounded (broken arm). | Archived | Archived | |
163 | Dec | 2001 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed. | Archived | Archived | |
164 | Dec | 2001 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 34.45993 | 72.50237 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff stoned and beaten in dispute over filling a water bladder at Rhogani Camp. | Archived | Archived | |
210 | 2002 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Ambush | Road | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | State: unknown | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff shot and wounded from passing helicopter at a crossroad. | Archived | Archived | |||
211 | 2002 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed by gunfire from passing military convoy. | Archived | Archived | |||
212 | 2002 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | -3.4284953 | 29.9249718 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff shot and killed during a break-in at ICRC office in Gitega. | Archived | Archived | ||
166 | Jan | 2002 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | 36.26468 | 68.01551 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff beaten in ambush in Aibak. | Archived | Archived | |
167 | Jan | 25 | 2002 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -2.91667 | 25.91667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff kidnapped when vehicle ambushed on Kindu-Kalima road on Jan 25- later released. | Archived | Archived |
168 | Feb | 2002 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Economic | Staff member | Not applicable | 1 UN national staff kidnapped and held for 6 days in suspected contractual dispute. | Archived | Archived | |
169 | Feb | 2002 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff wounded in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
170 | Feb | 2002 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 36.7 | 67.116667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and wounded after four armed men raided his house in Mazar-e Sharif. | Archived | Archived | |
172 | Feb | 2002 | LR | Liberia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 5.7499721 | -9.3658524 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff ambushed and killed. | Archived | Archived | |
173 | Feb | 2002 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Incidental | State: unknown | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staffer killed by aerial bomb. | Archived | Archived | |
171 | Feb | 23 | 2002 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Economic | Staff member | Not applicable | One INGO international (Swiss) shot and killed in residence in Merca, Feb 23. Related to employment dispute. | Archived | Archived |
175 | Mar | 2002 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.649741 | 35.162072 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFRC national staff killed and 4 wounded by Israeli army. | Archived | Archived | |
174 | Mar | 7 | 2002 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.31037 | 35.02863 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Tulkarem, West Bank, March 7. | Archived | Archived |
176 | Apr | 2002 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot dead in his house. | Archived | Archived | |
177 | Apr | 2002 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff kidnapped for ransom in Mogadishu and held for 27 days. | Archived | Archived | |
178 | Apr | 2002 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Muse Sudi & Omar Finish militia groups | 1 UN national staff killed in fighting between Muse Sudi and Omar Finish militia groups in Medina. | Archived | Archived | |
180 | Apr | 2002 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Individual attack | Office/compound | 3.73500005 | 42.59630291 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | Two INGO national staff were killed in compound in Luuq, apparently related to a clan dispute. | Archived | Archived | |
179 | Apr | 8 | 2002 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Baghdad, April 8. | Archived | Archived |
181 | Jul | 2002 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 7.2653861 | 30.05489 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 2 internationals and 1 national kidnapped in South. | Archived | Archived | |
182 | Jul | 2002 | Chechnya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff seriously injured when vehicle hit by roadside IED. | Archived | Archived | ||
183 | Jul | 2002 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff kidnapped in July and released Jan 7, 2003. | Archived | Archived | ||
184 | Aug | 2002 | ZA | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -28.8166236 | 24.991639 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in armed robbery. | Archived | Archived | |
185 | Aug | 2002 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.0574916 | 47.1332224 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff kidnapped in Dagestan, eventually released on ransom from Dutch govt. | Archived | Archived | ||
186 | Aug | 2002 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | 5 INGO national staff kidnapped after LRA raids refugee camp, later released. | Archived | Archived | |
187 | Aug | 2002 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.03711 | 45.34375 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff kidnapped en route to work in Mogadishu, held for 6 days. | Archived | Archived | |
188 | Aug | 2002 | AO | Angola | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Unknown | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 2 INGO national staff beaten by mob after their car hit and killed a child. | Archived | Archived | |
189 | Sep | 2002 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in attack on UN convoy. | Archived | Archived | |
190 | Sep | 2002 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2.8930783 | -73.7845072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 NGO national staff murdered. | Archived | Archived | |
191 | Sep | 2002 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed. | Archived | Archived | |
192 | Sep | 2002 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff found murdered. | Archived | Archived | |
193 | Sep | 2002 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 31.649741 | 35.162072 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff received minor wounds when settlers shot at a team repairing a deliberately vandalized water source. | Archived | Archived | |
196 | Oct | 2002 | JO | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 31.1667049 | 36.941628 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | 1 donor agency international (US) staff shot and killed entering their car to drive to work. On Dec. 14, the Government of Jordan arrested two men who confessed to the killing and to be members of the al Qaeda terrorist cell. | Archived | Archived | |
195 | Oct | 21 | 2002 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | 1 INGO staff member held and beaten by SPLA, Oct 21. | Archived | Archived |
197 | Nov | 2002 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff beaten. | Archived | Archived | |
200 | Nov | 2002 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot dead on community visit. | Archived | Archived | |
201 | Nov | 2002 | JO | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 31.1667049 | 36.941628 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (US) staff missionary aiding Palestinian refugees shot and killed. | Archived | Archived | |
203 | Nov | 2002 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 9.52749 | 45.537472 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff injured during armed robbery of compound in Burao. | Archived | Archived | |
206 | Nov | 2002 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff kidnapped in Nazran and held for 9 days. Ransomed by family. | Archived | Archived | ||
199 | Nov | 13 | 2002 | Chechnya | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC international staff and 2 ICRC national kidnapped Nov 13, released Nov 17. | Archived | Archived | |
205 | Nov | 19 | 2002 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff kidnapped Nov 19, released a day later. | Archived | Archived |
198 | Nov | 22 | 2002 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 32.0254688 | 35.2888075 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 1 UN international staff shot and killed at the Jenin refugee camp by Israeli army gunfire, Nov 22. | Archived | Archived |
204 | Nov | 24 | 2002 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 36.83763 | 66.63932 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Japanese) staff killed in Chaharbolak district of Balkh, reported Nov 24, no other details. | Archived | Archived |
202 | Nov | 30 | 2002 | AO | Angola | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | -15.8 | 20.25 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Seven INGO national staff were killed and five wounded when their car hit a landmine near the southeastern Angolan city of Mavinga. | Archived | Media |
209 | Dec | 2002 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 16.3471243 | 47.8915271 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO international (US) staff killed in Yemen. | Archived | Archived | |
208 | Dec | 4 | 2002 | CG | Congo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -4.1121517 | 13.51292867 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Ninja militia | 1 ICRC international staff and 1 national staff kidnapped by members of Ninja group in the Bouenza region on Dec 4 and released Dec 29. | Archived | Archived |
207 | Dec | 6 | 2002 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 2 UN national staff in Bureij Camp, Gaza Strip by IDF operations . | Archived | Archived |
274 | 2003 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 2 RC national staff wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza. | Archived | Archived | ||
275 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international staff wounded. | Archived | Archived | ||||||
213 | Jan | 2003 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -3.2850762 | 28.18012996 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 RC national staff wounded when car was fired upon near Uvira. | Archived | Archived | |
214 | Jan | 2003 | Kashmir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.3752779 | 73.4730602 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed. | Archived | Archived | ||
215 | Feb | 2003 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Project site | 31.41667 | 34.33333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in Younis Refugee Camp. | Archived | Archived | |
217 | Feb | 2003 | Chechnya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff kidnapped, fate unknown (presumed killed). | Archived | Archived | ||
218 | Feb | 2003 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded by glass when vehicle stopped, driver robbed, and gunmen fired at car while driving off. | Archived | Archived | |
216 | Feb | 11 | 2003 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1.4419683 | 38.4313975 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO 1nternational staff killed, Feb 11. | Archived | Archived |
219 | Mar | 2003 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -0.358216 | 42.545087 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in ambush in Kismayo. | Archived | Archived | |
222 | Mar | 2003 | CI | Cote D'Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 7.9897371 | -5.5679458 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 RC national staff killed. | Archived | Archived | |
223 | Mar | 9 | 2003 | LR | Liberia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 5.7499721 | -9.3658524 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff and 1 international killed on road, March 9. | Archived | Archived |
220 | Mar | 10 | 2003 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff beaten with rifle butt and kicked when the agency's and an INGO's vehicles ambushed in Darfur, March 10. | Archived | Archived |
224 | Mar | 13 | 2003 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 1.66607 | 27.00836 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff member kidnapped in Badiya, Ituri, along with 3 civilians on March 13 and released 4 days later. | Archived | Archived |
221 | Mar | 27 | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international (Swiss and El Salvador) staff shot and killed in ambush north of Kandahar City, March 27. | Archived | Archived |
226 | Apr | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (Malaysian) staff wounded and 1 national killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
227 | Apr | 2003 | LR | Liberia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 5.7499721 | -9.3658524 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international and 1 national staff abducted and released, one on the first day and one after several days. | Archived | Archived | |
225 | Apr | 8 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international staff killed during crossfire in Baghdad on April 8. | Archived | Archived |
228 | Apr | 20 | 2003 | ZA | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -25.74486 | 28.18783 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded when vehicle carjacked in Pretoria, 20 April. Victim escaped under fire. | Archived | Archived |
230 | May | 2003 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Ambush | Road | 7.2653861 | 30.05489 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed by rocket grenade aimed at car. | Archived | Archived | |
232 | May | 2003 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot in leg when the office/house attacked in dispute over the compound. | Archived | Archived | |
233 | May | 2003 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed when armed group ambushed and fired on the vehicle carrying the victim and others which was reportedly returning from a peace mission to reconcile the cattle rustling pastoralist comm | Archived | Archived | |
231 | May | 3 | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.3707276 | 68.3288601 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in Wardak, May 3. | Yes | Focal Point |
229 | May | 11 | 2003 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 RC national staff killed May 11. | Archived | Archived |
235 | Jun | 2003 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed. | Archived | Archived | ||
234 | Jun | 6 | 2003 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed by gunshot, June 6. | Archived | Archived |
237 | Jul | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international staff killed and 1 national staff wounded in ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
238 | Jul | 2003 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -4.1347916 | 29.8046322 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff kidnapped in Makamb, later released. | Archived | Archived | |
239 | Jul | 2003 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -4.1347916 | 29.8046322 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff kidnapped in Makamba and later released. | Archived | Archived | |
240 | Jul | 2003 | LR | Liberia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Unknown | Unknown | 5.7499721 | -9.3658524 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed by mortar fire. | Archived | Archived | |
242 | Jul | 2003 | SN | Senegal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 14.6930042 | -17.447026 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff physically assaulted in robbery by men with machetes outside restaurant in Dakar. | Archived | Archived | |
243 | Jul | 2003 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 43.4 | 45.716667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot dead in home by unknown assailants dressed in civilian clothes. Interviewees made reference to reports that three men had called for victim's brother at their home and victim went out to speak to them. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
236 | Jul | 15 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed and 1 national staff member wounded when convoy attacked, July 15. | Archived | Archived |
241 | Jul | 22 | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 32.607111 | 62.671011 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in Farah, Afghanistan, July 22. | Archived | Archived |
246 | Aug | 2003 | Chechnya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Home | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff abducted from their home, has never been found (presumed killed). | Archived | Archived | ||
248 | Aug | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff wounded in vehicle ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
250 | Aug | 7 | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 31.341322 | 63.993456 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in ambush in Helmand, Aug 7. | Archived | Archived |
251 | Aug | 7 | 2003 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -3.2850762 | 28.18012996 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in South Kivu, Aug 7. | Archived | Archived |
249 | Aug | 10 | 2003 | ER | Eritrea | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 15.9500319 | 37.9999668 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed and 1 national wounded in ambush when assailants opened fire on the vehicle near Adobha, Aug 10. | Archived | Archived |
247 | Aug | 13 | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 33.5448968 | 68.4132108 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 RC national staff killed, 4 national staff wounded when ambushed in Ghazni, Aug 13. | Archived | Archived |
244 | Aug | 19 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Office/compound | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 19 UN (11 internationals, 8 nationals) staff killed and 1 NGO staff killed in Canal Hotel bombing. | Archived | Archived |
245 | Aug | 27 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.22675 | 44.76106 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff wounded by small arms fire in Erbil, Aug 27. | Archived | Archived |
252 | Sep | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Unknown | Office/compound | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff killed by suicide bomber. | Archived | Archived | |
255 | Sep | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 36.3466059 | 43.127008 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (British) staff killed and 1 national staff wounded in ambush in Mosul. | Archived | Archived | |
256 | Sep | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Unknown | 31.341322 | 63.993456 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff ambushed and shot dead in Helmand, Sept 24. | Archived | Archived | |
257 | Sep | 2003 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Kenyan) staff shot and killed while driving in revenge attack stemming from cattle rustling. | Archived | Archived | |
258 | Sep | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff robbed and beaten by armed group at home. | Archived | Archived | |
254 | Sep | 8 | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 33.5448968 | 68.4132108 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Four INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff wounded when ambushed in Moqor district of Ghazni province on September 8th. The Taliban reportedly orchestrated the attack. | Archived | Archived |
253 | Sep | 21 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 36.335 | 43.11889 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in convoy attacked Sept 21 (non-UN vehicles with UN shipment) on road between Erbil and Mosul. | Archived | Archived |
260 | Oct | 2003 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (British) staff shot dead in their home. | Archived | Archived | |
261 | Oct | 2003 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Italian) staff killed when shot at workplace. | Archived | Archived | |
263 | Oct | 2003 | LR | Liberia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | 5.7499721 | -9.3658524 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) | 1 INGO national staff robbed and assaulted by passing LURD patrol. | Archived | Archived | |
264 | Oct | 3 | 2003 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 12 | 30.75 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 8 INGO national staff killed, 2 national staff wounded when their vehicle hit a mine on the road from Kauda to Karkar, Oct 3. | Archived | Archived |
259 | Oct | 27 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Office/compound | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 2 ICRC national staff killed when ICRC office bombed in Baghdad (10 civilians also killed but not counted here). | Archived | Archived |
262 | Oct | 28 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Office/compound | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff injured by explosive in office, Oct 28. Victim's son also injured. | Archived | Archived |
265 | Nov | 2003 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.5448968 | 68.4132108 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff wounded and 1 international staff shot and killed in car in Ghazni. | Archived | Archived | |
269 | Nov | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 30.9986864 | 45.9982036 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 10 NGO national staff injured by glass when NGO office in Nassriyah damaged in explosion aimed at Italian base. | Archived | Archived | |
267 | Nov | 4 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff injured by landmine en route to airport in Baghdad, Nov 4. | Archived | Archived |
266 | Nov | 7 | 2003 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff shot and killed in his home, Nov 7. | Archived | Archived |
268 | Nov | 9 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 30.1125 | 47.71773 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff wounded when vehicle fired on between Basra and Safwan, Nov 9. | Archived | Archived |
270 | Nov | 20 | 2003 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 12.7503486 | 122.7312101 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff wounded when caught in cross fire between police and robbery suspects, Nov 20. Husband also wounded. | Archived | Archived |
273 | Dec | 4 | 2003 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff wounded when shot three times at their residence, Dec 4. | Archived | Archived |
271 | Dec | 18 | 2003 | AO | Angola | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | -11.8775768 | 17.5691241 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 6 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff wounded by landmine, Dec 18. | Archived | Archived |
272 | Dec | 27 | 2003 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 0.44701 | 42.69699 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff kidnapped and escaped when they were caught up in armed attack/robbery of Somali organization AFREC in Marere, Dec 27. | Archived | Archived |
341 | 2004 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -1.6665893 | 29.2256875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international shot and wounded when attacked at home in Goma. | Archived | Archived | ||
276 | Jan | 2004 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.358056 | 42.545278 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff abducted North of Kismayo on the way to Jamaame in Lower Juba Region; released after 9 days. | Archived | Archived | |
277 | Jan | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 30.4952367 | 47.8090981 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff wounded when vehicle hit by roadside bomb in Basra. | Archived | Archived | |
278 | Jan | 2004 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.4419683 | 38.4313975 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff wounded and local NGO national staff wounded in vehicle carjacking and robbery. | Archived | Archived | |
281 | Feb | 2004 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 2.8930783 | -73.7845072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff shot and killed. | Archived | Archived | |
282 | Feb | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff shot and wounded outside Baghdad compound after speaking to a man for an hour. | Archived | Archived | |
283 | Feb | 9 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 30.1125 | 47.71773 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot and wounded when vehicle ambushed in attempted hijacking between Basrah and Safwan, Feb 9. | Archived | Archived |
279 | Feb | 14 | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 32.607111 | 62.671011 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 NGO national staff killed in Farah ambush, Feb 14. | Archived | Archived |
280 | Feb | 25 | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 NGO national staff killed in ambush northeast of Kabul, Feb 25. | Archived | Archived |
286 | Mar | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 32.597902 | 44.016482 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in bombing in Karbala office. | Archived | Archived | |
284 | Mar | 7 | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One Red Crescent national staff member was shot dead in an ambush approximately 3 kilometers from Qalat, March 7. The Taliban has been suspected in this incident. | Archived | Archived |
288 | Mar | 21 | 2004 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.560335 | 44.069722 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al-Ittihad al-Islami | Two INGO (1 Kenyan national, 1 national) staff killed and 1 international (German) staff wounded in ambush in Somaliland at a roadblock outside the capital Hargeisa. Reportedly, members of Al-Ittihad al-Islami opened fire on the team. | Archived | Archived |
290 | Apr | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed in armed raid on office. | Archived | Archived | |
294 | Apr | 2004 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 2.25 | 41.16667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff seriously wounded when vehicle ambushed by clan militia near Belet-Hawa. Appeared to be revenge for theft by a rival clan. | Archived | Archived | |
295 | Apr | 2004 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 0.07222 | 42.75056 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff member kidnapped by Marehan from Kismayo in Jamaame. The staff member was taken to Kismayo. Motive appeared to be contractual. | Archived | Archived | |
291 | Apr | 8 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One donor agency international (Syrian-Canadian) staff and one INGO international (Israeli) staff were kidnapped in Najaf. The first was released on April 16, 2004. | Yes | Archived |
292 | Apr | 8 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.42056 | 43.30778 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (Japanese) staff kidnapped on road near Ramadi by Saraya al Mujahideen, April 8. | Archived | Archived |
289 | Apr | 10 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.3466059 | 43.127008 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 RC national staff assassinated in Mosul, April 10 (wife also killed). | Archived | Archived |
293 | Apr | 14 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.35581 | 43.78612 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO international staff kidnapped near Fallujah on April 14; released next day. | Archived | Archived |
3851 | Apr | 20 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.315278 | 44.366111 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two international INGO aid workers were kidnapped by a small group of armed men in Baghdad. The pair were released on April 22, 2004. | Yes | Media |
298 | May | 2004 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff wounded (1 raped, 1 shot) in armed attack by unidentified soldiers. | Archived | Archived | |
299 | May | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 31.05799 | 46.25726 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded when vehicle fired upon while on road to Nasiriyah. | Archived | Archived | |
296 | May | 18 | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 36.7581256 | 66.8980826 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff murdered in Balkh, May 18. | Yes | Focal Point |
297 | May | 23 | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 36 | 67.666667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed, 1 national staff injured when vehicle hit landmine in Samangan, May 23. | Archived | Archived |
300 | Jun | 2004 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Public location | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Economic | Staff member | Contractor | One UN national staff abducted outside mosque in Baidoa, released next day. The motive appeared to be a project-related dispute involving a disgruntled contractor. | Archived | Archived | |
303 | Jun | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff injured by bomb outside gate. | Archived | Archived | |
306 | Jun | 2004 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.6000359 | 7.9999721 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff suffered minor injuries when they were ambushed, robbed and carjacked (in trunk) then abandoned. | Archived | Archived | |
309 | Jun | 2004 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 42.9920711 | 44.2636348 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff kidnapped in Ossetiaand and held for 6 months. | Archived | Archived | ||
302 | Jun | 2 | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 35 | 63.75 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO international and 2 national staff killed when vehicle ambushed in Badghis, June 2. The organization said it was suspending all activity across the country. | Archived | Archived |
308 | Jun | 16 | 2004 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 29.30349 | 70.89848 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff seriously injured when five unidentified armed men opened fire on their vehicle near Maryan, June 16. | Archived | Archived |
305 | Jun | 18 | 2004 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | -4.4269024 | 26.6661699 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Congolese National Police | 1 INGO national staff detained and severely beaten by a police commander in Kasongo, June 18. | Archived | Archived |
307 | Jun | 19 | 2004 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 2.75 | 32.9 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | 2 INGO national staff killed when food convoy to South Sudan ambushed by LRA about 15 km north of Kitgum town, June 19. | Archived | Archived |
301 | Jun | 22 | 2004 | Chechnya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 43.25 | 45.83333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Nazran, June 22. | Archived | Archived | |
304 | Jun | 24 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed, 1 national staff wounded in NGO office attack, June 24. | Archived | Archived |
311 | Jul | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff stabbed and wounded in robbery, later received death threats from perpetrator. | Archived | Archived | |
310 | Jul | 30 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 32.0010227 | 44.3299926 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Jaysh al-Mahdi | 4 NGO national staff tortured and killed by army of Al Mahdi in Najaf, July 30. | Archived | Archived |
312 | Aug | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 UN national staff and 5 national RC staff kidnapped. | Archived | Archived | |
315 | Aug | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 33.5487421 | 69.4346945 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff shot and killed in Paktia. | Archived | Archived | |
317 | Aug | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and wounded. | Archived | Archived | |
316 | Aug | 12 | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Janjaweed | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff wounded in attack on IDPs in Kalma camp, Aug 12. Victim killed was alleged by the IDPs to be a major leader of Janjaweed. | Archived | Archived |
313 | Aug | 26 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.0010227 | 44.3299926 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Najaf, Aug 26. | Yes | Official Report |
314 | Aug | 30 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 31.9892 | 44.3291 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 RC national staff wounded when convoy attacked on road from Baghdad to Najaf, Aug 30. | Archived | Archived |
320 | Sep | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 10 INGO national staff (of two different organizations) beaten and stoned by mob after false rumors spread regarding their activities. | Archived | Archived | |
321 | Sep | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Public location | 36.3466059 | 43.127008 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed in Mosul cafe. | Archived | Archived | |
318 | Sep | 7 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO international (Italian) staff and two national staff were kidnapped from their office. All four were released three weeks later, on 28 September 2004. | Yes | Media |
322 | Sep | 14 | 2004 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 19.1399952 | -72.3570972 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and wounded when victim happened upon an armed robbery of a bus, Sept 14. | Archived | Archived |
323 | Oct | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff wounded when hit in shootout. | Archived | Archived | |
326 | Oct | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff, 1 national staff killed and 1 national staff injured by landmine between Muzbat and Um Baru in Darfur. | Archived | Archived | |
324 | Oct | 3 | 2004 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Goma, Oct 3. | Yes | Official Report |
325 | Oct | 10 | 2004 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 31.649741 | 35.162072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in explosion. | Yes | Official Report |
327 | Oct | 19 | 2004 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO international staff was kidnapped in Baghdad and killed on the 8 of November 2004. | Yes | Archived |
328 | Nov | 2004 | CI | Cote D'Ivoire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 7.9897371 | -5.5679458 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO international staff killed along with nine French soldiers in an attack by Cote D | Archived | Archived | |
329 | Nov | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Raid | Office/compound | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff killed by rocket propelled grenade attack on compound, Nov 28. | Archived | Archived | |
330 | Nov | 2004 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Unknown | 1.55941 | 30.25224 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot and wounded when four colleagues attacked by unidentified gunmen south of Bunia, Nov 15. | Archived | Archived | |
331 | Nov | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 16 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot in foot during fighting in Kalma camp, Nov 14. | Yes | Focal Point | |
332 | Nov | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff detained and beaten by police, who took away his INGO ID and materials. | Yes | Focal Point | |
333 | Dec | 2004 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 31.649741 | 35.162072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff stabbed to death. | Yes | Official Report | |
336 | Dec | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed in attack on Labado center. | Yes | Archived | |
339 | Dec | 2004 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 3.236667 | 33.093056 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and wounded in Kitgum national bar. | Archived | Archived | |
340 | Dec | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded when police fired on a wedding celebration in the camp. | Archived | Archived | |
334 | Dec | 5 | 2004 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Japanese) staff killed in Kabul, Dec 5. | Archived | Archived |
335 | Dec | 12 | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff shot and killed during an attack on a convoy of humanitarian vehicles in South Darfur, Dec 12. | Archived | Archived |
337 | Dec | 16 | 2004 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff kidnapped at gunpoint in rebel-held Labado, South Darfur, Dec 16. | Archived | Archived |
338 | Dec | 18 | 2004 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.4419683 | 38.4313975 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in ambush by bandits in North Korea, Dec 18. | Archived | Archived |
342 | Jan | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN contracted driver killed in convoy ambush. | Archived | Archived | |
343 | Jan | 2005 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed in Nairobi. | Yes | Official Report | |
347 | Jan | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff attacked in home by 3 armed men. This appears to be an assassination attempt. Previous similar attacks have been attributed to extremist groups. | Archived | Archived | |
348 | Jan | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff tied up and wounded in armed robbery of INGO office/house by armed gang. | Archived | Archived | |
345 | Jan | 6 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 staff contracted by the UN was killed when unidentified gunman attacked an empty, 6-vehicle convoy contracted by UN returning from Mornei to Geneina in West Darfur, Jan 6. | Archived | Archived |
344 | Jan | 10 | 2005 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -17.8317726 | 31.0456859 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Anglo-Swiss) staff stabbed in roadside assault in Harare, Jan 10. | Archived | Archived |
346 | Jan | 13 | 2005 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff kidnapped, Jan 13; later found dead. | Archived | Archived |
349 | Jan | 21 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed when a large group of armed tribesman attacked Seleia in West Darfur, Jan 21. A violent confrontation ensued in which civilians were killed, including the guard. | Archived | Archived |
351 | Feb | 2005 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Public location | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff died at bus station when car bomb exploded. | Archived | Archived | |
677 | Feb | 21 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 7 INGO national staff and three vehicles abducted during a food distribution. The incident lasted slightly more than 24 hours. Head of INGO office managed to negotiate their release with no injuries or ransom. | Archived | Archived |
350 | Feb | 23 | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 31.341322 | 63.993456 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff murdered in Helmand, Feb 23. | Yes | Focal Point |
352 | Mar | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.28421 | 49.18158 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff wounded when they were attacked in Bossaso town, Bari region, by some anti-vaccination individuals. | Archived | Archived | |
355 | Mar | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFI international staff seconded to Afghan govt ambushed and killed in Kabul. | Archived | Archived | |
353 | Mar | 8 | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 32.607111 | 62.671011 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed in attack in Farah, March 8. | Yes | Focal Point |
354 | Mar | 10 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff beaten when vehicle ambushed and robbed, March 10. | Archived | Archived |
356 | Mar | 22 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 16 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 donor agency international staff shot and seriously wounded when convoy attacked in South Darfur, May 22. First such incident for this organization's personnel. | Archived | Archived |
357 | Apr | 2005 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO staffers - international director and national director - both killed by suicide car bomber apparently targeting US military convoy. | Archived | Archived | |
361 | Apr | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Raid | Project site | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff received minor wounds when unidentified assailant threw grenade into the organisation's hospital. | Archived | Archived | |
363 | Apr | 2005 | Chechnya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 43.3976147 | 45.6985005 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff arrested and presumed killed during an FSB raid on the building victim was in. Several FSB officers were killed during the raid. It was then claimed that victim resisted arrest. | Archived | Archived | ||
362 | Apr | 13 | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 35.75 | 69 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed in Baghlan, April 13. | Yes | Official Report |
358 | Apr | 14 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff seriously assaulted and injured during NFI distribution in Krenik, West Darfur, April 14. Possibly linked to the agency | Archived | Archived |
359 | Apr | 15 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 13.5 | 23.5 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed in Golo, in the Jebel Marra region of West Darfur, April 15. Likely a personal issue, unrelated to work of INGO. | Archived | Archived |
360 | Apr | 18 | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staffer killed, 1 international staff and 1 national staff wounded in armed attack, April 18. | Archived | Archived |
367 | May | 2005 | NP | Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 28 | 84 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Maoist rebel group (name unknown) | 1 UN national staff and 1 NGO national staff beaten by Maoist rebels. | Yes | Focal Point | |
369 | May | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 35.75 | 69 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed by hanging in an incident involving three Afghan women who were found hanged in Baghlan as warning to female aid workers (one of the others was a national civil servant; one was unidentified). | Archived | Archived | |
370 | May | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Italian) staff kidnapped in Kabul, later released. | Archived | Archived | |
371 | May | 2005 | MW | Malawi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Mob violence | Office/compound | -13.2687204 | 33.9301963 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 3 INGO national staff injured when protestors, angry over US deportation of terror suspects stormed compound. | Archived | Archived | |
368 | May | 1 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.45099 | 36.39998 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 RC national staff killed, 1 national staff wounded and 1 national staff kidnapped when their vehicle was attacked near the eastern town of Kassala, May 1. | Archived | Archived |
364 | May | 10 | 2005 | TD | Chad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 15 | 19 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 UN national staff and 2 NGO national staff injured when they were beaten with sticks during protest at refugee camp, May 10. | Archived | Archived |
365 | May | 12 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 16 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 locally contracted truck driver for the UN was ambushed and shot dead in South Darfur, May 12. | Archived | Archived |
372 | Jun | 2005 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 19.1399952 | -72.3570972 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 RC national staff found shot and killed after being kidnapped. | Archived | Archived | |
376 | Jun | 2005 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff wounded in ambush by LRA. | Archived | Archived | |
378 | Jun | 2005 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -3.3596317 | 135.5049831 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff beaten and attempted stabbing in Nabire, likely stemming from dissatisfaction with INGO project. | Archived | Archived | |
380 | Jun | 2005 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.13410995 | 29.05000311 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff and 1 national staff kidnapped in Ituri; released 10 days later. | Archived | Archived | |
373 | Jun | 1 | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 31.39686 | 67.08582 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 2 1NGO national staff killed and 5 national staff injured from the by insurgent bomb attack on bridge on the Kandahar-Herat highway, June 1. | Archived | Archived |
374 | Jun | 4 | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 32.627761 | 65.901625 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed in Uruzgan, June 4. | Yes | Official Report |
375 | Jun | 7 | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot and killed by unknown assailants in Ghazni, June 7. According to report, killing was to set an example and deter others from working with NGOs. | Yes | Focal Point |
377 | Jun | 14 | 2005 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff kidnapped with vehicle, June 1; released the next day. | Archived | Archived |
379 | Jun | 23 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff shot and wounded by group who invaded victim's house, June 23. Motive was ethnic rivalry (victim's wife is an Arab). | Archived | Archived |
381 | Jul | 2005 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Political | Host state | Indonesian National Armed Forces | 1 INGO national staff stopped and beaten by TNI - angry victim had not delivered to army camp. | Archived | Archived | |
382 | Jul | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff assaulted during armed robbery at victim's house. | Archived | Archived | |
383 | Jul | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Unknown | Mob violence | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Political | Aid recipient | Unknown | 15 INGO national staff injured during camp riots targeting intl organizations participating in the first day of the WFP food registration program. | Archived | Archived | |
384 | Jul | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 16 | 26 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO nationals staff abducted in Zam Zam camp in North Darfur, July 11; later released, July 15. | Archived | Archived | |
387 | Jul | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff kidnapped in July 2005; found dead on Dec 4. They were working on a health project. | Archived | Archived | |
386 | Jul | 15 | 2005 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 1.4419683 | 38.4313975 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed, July 15. | Yes | Official Report |
385 | Jul | 23 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 13.56907 | 33.56718 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staffkilled when two trucks of an were ambushed and looted 10 km north of Sania Fandu, July 23. | Archived | Archived |
388 | Aug | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Mob violence | Unknown | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Youths | 1 UN national staff killed by local gang allegedly of youths from the Gambol Secondary School. The incident caused the relocation of both national and international staff of UN agency from Garowe to Gardo. | Yes | Focal Point | |
389 | Aug | 2005 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff wounded in attack by armed group. | Archived | Archived | |
391 | Sep | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15 INGO national staff and 2 international staff when convoy of seven vehicles stopped when travelling from Beida to Geneina in West Darfur. | Archived | Archived | |
392 | Sep | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 NGO national staff hijacked and kidnapped by armed men. | Archived | Archived | |
393 | Sep | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 34.9897121 | 68.8733495 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff wounded and 1 national staff killed when ambushed on motorbike in Parwan. | Archived | Archived | |
390 | Sep | 9 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff severely assaulted when two commercial trucks contracted by the UN were ambushed and looted at Amar Gadeed village, north of Manawashi, Sept 9. | Yes | Focal Point |
396 | Oct | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot in his left hand and 80 bags of sugar was looted when truck travelling from El Obein to Nyala was attacked by 15 armed men on camel, Oct 19. | Archived | Archived | |
397 | Oct | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 31.61332 | 65.71013 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 5 NGO national staff killed and 3 national staff wounded when shot by Taliban insurgents while driving towards Kandahar. | Archived | Archived | |
404 | Oct | 2005 | GY | Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 5 | -59 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff assaulted during armed robbery on home by armed group. | Archived | Archived | |
496 | Oct | 1 | 2005 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 31.649741 | 35.162072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed by gunshot wounds in the West Bank, Oct 1. | Yes | Official Report |
394 | Oct | 3 | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot dead outside residence in by masked men, Oct 3. Unknown motive. | Archived | Archived |
398 | Oct | 20 | 2005 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 35.9261784 | 64.6237758 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 1 NGO national staff killed and 3 national staff wounded in Faryab by suspected Taliban guerrillas, Oct 20. | Archived | Archived |
399 | Oct | 25 | 2005 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | 2 INGO national staff wounded in ambush by LRA rebels, Oct 25. | Archived | Archived |
400 | Oct | 26 | 2005 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.5333554 | 32.2166578 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | 2 INGO national staff killed, 2 national staff wounded (victims from two INGOs) in ambushes by LRA rebels, Oct 26. | Archived | Archived |
401 | Oct | 26 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff assaulted and wounded by military men outside victim's residence, Oct 26. | Archived | Archived |
402 | Oct | 28 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff and 6 INGO national staff beaten when convoy ambushed in Darfur, Oct 28. | Archived | Archived |
403 | Oct | 31 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO international (Iraqi) staff and 1 national staff killed from demining group in another LRA ambush, Oct 31. | Archived | Archived |
406 | Nov | 2005 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 7.2653861 | 30.05489 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | 1 INGO international (British) staff and 1 national staff killed when ambushed by LRA. | Archived | Archived | |
407 | Nov | 2005 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (German) staff and 1 national staff kidnapped | Archived | Archived | |
405 | Nov | 16 | 2005 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 9.52749 | 45.537472 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed when vehicle hit landmine southwest of Burao, Nov 16. | Archived | Archived |
409 | Dec | 2005 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff held hostage in protest of demobilized soldiers not being paid. | Archived | Archived | |
410 | Dec | 2005 | MG | Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | -18.9100122 | 47.5255809 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed by stab wounds in Antananarivo. | Archived | Archived | |
413 | Dec | 2005 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Congolese National Police | 2 ICRC national staff beat up when vehicle ambushed by military police who also stole vehicle. | Archived | Archived | |
415 | Dec | 2005 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.8930783 | -73.7845072 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia | 2 INGO national staff detained and held by FARC overnight. | Archived | Archived | |
408 | Dec | 1 | 2005 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 1.4419683 | 38.4313975 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff (Somali) killed from head injuries (unspecified malicious act) in Kenya, Dec 1. | Yes | Official Report |
414 | Dec | 5 | 2005 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff kidnapped, Dec 5; later released. | Archived | Archived |
411 | Dec | 11 | 2005 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN nationals staff struck by a bullet and later died when five UN trucks attacked between Solong and Golo in South Darfur after having already delivered food, Dec 11. | Archived | Archived |
412 | Dec | 19 | 2005 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 6.75 | 30 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 UN national staff injured during a clash between two families in Rumbek in Southern Sudan, Dec 19. | Archived | Archived |
504 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff drivers in hired commercial vehicles with food commodities were ambushed by armed men on the Tawilla-Kabkabiye road from El Fasher to Kabkabiye, were beaten, then allowed to proceed. Ambushed and beaten again after 2 kilometers | Archived | Archived | ||
517 | 2006 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff volunteer killed. | Archived | Media | ||
518 | 2006 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff volunteer killed. | Archived | Media | ||
592 | 2006 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Unknown | Unknown | -2.9814344 | 23.8222636 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff of an NGO (a partner organization of an INGO) raped | Yes | Focal Point | ||
416 | Jan | 2006 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver killed during robbery by military in Goma. | Archived | Archived | |
417 | Jan | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 31.59382 | 64.37161 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed in Lashkargah, Helmand. 1 or 2 shot at mosque. | Archived | Archived | |
418 | Jan | 2006 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.8411802 | 29.3884586 | Economic | Host state | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | 3 INGO national staff kidnapped: vehicles hijacked with their drivers for 7 days (1 for 7 days, 2 for 3 days) in Rutshuru. By FARDC to transport troops & materials. | Archived | Archived | |
419 | Jan | 16 | 2006 | GT | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Ambush | Road | 14.8181883 | -91.16233009 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 INGO international staff member attacked and sexually assaulted in Solola while walking home, Jan 16. | Archived | Archived |
420 | Feb | 2006 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.4417924 | -73.0492505 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | National Liberation Army | 2 INGO international (1 British, 1 Dutch) staff kidnapped by ELN in the Norte de Santander, with demands that the govt turn over the body of leader Wildemar Castro. Treated well and released unharmed. | Archived | Archived | |
423 | Mar | 2006 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 31.3457612 | 34.3025277 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international (Swiss) staff was abducted by unknown armed men at the ICRC office in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. | Archived | Archived | |
421 | Mar | 1 | 2006 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 0.51486 | 42.073009 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (US) staff abducted in Afmadow, 260 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Wed March 1; released next day. | Archived | Archived |
507 | Mar | 14 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 10.53018 | 29.93292 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff kidnapped when a commercial truck hired by an INGO to transport items for its water and sanitation programme was hijacked at Kaura (on the El Fasher-Kabkabiya road) by three armed men, 14 March. | Archived | Archived |
422 | Mar | 15 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 4.75 | 31 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff and 1 national staff guard shot and killed and 1 national staff guard wounded in attack on agency's compound in Yei, southern Sudan, March 15. No info on motives, but agency was preparing repatriation of Sudanese to that area. The international staff died on March 28 after having been airlifted to Nairobi. | Archived | Archived |
424 | Mar | 19 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.53342 | 31.66048 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Shilluk King police | Three INGO national staff were injured when their vehicle was fired upon by police officers described as belonging to the Shilluk King police (an org not known to UN Police), north of Malakal, southern Sudan, March 19. Two other INGO staff in the same vehicle were unharmed. | Yes | Focal Point |
425 | Mar | 19 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 5 | 31 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | One INGO national staff was abducted during an attack on Yambio in southern Sudan, March 19; released on March 22. Victim claimed that the attacking group belonged to the LRA and that its main motive was to loot food. | Archived | Archived |
426 | Mar | 28 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 13.4435 | 22.4452278 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff guards were beaten when a group of unidentified armed men forcefully entered an INGO compound in El Geneina, March 28. The attackers left with a Land Cruiser pick-up, a Thuraya phone and a mobile phone. | Archived | Archived |
430 | Apr | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Project site | 34.8085 | 63.43003 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 NGO national staff medical workers, in Darrah-i-Bohm, Badghis tied up and killed in clinic attack. | Archived | Archived | |
428 | Apr | 9 | 2006 | CF | Central African Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.25169 | 17.64362 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff doctors were killed and 1 national staff driver wounded by unknown armed men who fired on their vehicle between Bossembele and Yaloke, northwest of Bangui, April 9. | Archived | Archived |
431 | Apr | 10 | 2006 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 9.6649255 | 80.0091719 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff driver wounded in Jaffna peninsula, where an anti-personnel mine exploded, striking both a Sri Lankan army vehicle and the workers' vehicle. | Archived | Archived |
429 | Apr | 12 | 2006 | SO | Somalia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 3.11383 | 43.6498 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff guard/escorts killed and 4 national staff guard/escorts wounded during an attempted robbery and ambush of UN convoy near Baidoa, April 12. | Archived | Archived |
427 | Apr | 13 | 2006 | ZA | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -28.8166236 | 24.991639 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Mozambique) staff killed by gunshot wounds, April 13. | Yes | Official Report |
433 | Apr | 25 | 2006 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed by gunshot wounds, April 25. | Yes | Official Report |
432 | Apr | 28 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 13.4435 | 22.4452278 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO (1 national, 1 international) staff beaten with a stick when two men broke into an INGO compound in El Geneina, West Darfur, April 28. Victims locked into a bathroom for a few hours. | Archived | Archived |
437 | May | 2006 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 19.1399952 | -72.3570972 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff seriously wounded when their car was hijacked. | Archived | Archived | |
444 | May | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 8 | 32 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff wounded when about 22 civilians, some with firearms, invaded the agency's compound in Bor, southern Sudan. They dragged and beat the victim with sticks, and other staff members who tried rescuing him were threatened with a rifle. | Archived | Archived | |
434 | May | 7 | 2006 | TD | Chad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.833056 | 20.834722 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Spanish) staff shot and seriously wounded by gunman in military fatigues during hijacking of vehicle in Abeche, May 7. | Archived | Archived |
435 | May | 12 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Ambush | Road | 34.3508273 | 62.2164003 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed, 1 NGO national staff doctor killed, and 1 UN national staff program manager wounded (lost leg) when the vehicle came under rocket fire in Heart, May 12. | Archived | Archived |
438 | May | 15 | 2006 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.7593439 | 80.4999646 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver shot and killed returning from work near Vavuniya, May 16. | Archived | Archived |
436 | May | 17 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | I UN national staff driver wounded when UN vehicle hit by suicide bomber in Kandahar, May 17. | Archived | Archived |
726 | May | 21 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 36.7581256 | 66.8980826 | Other | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot dead by two unknown perpetrators in front of home. The victim was working as a teacher of the NGO's educational project. The motive behind of this killing is still unclear and it is possible that this was some kind of personal / family enmity, not a political act. | Yes | Focal Point |
439 | May | 22 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 4 NGO national staff killed when their car hit a landmine, May 22. One doctor, two nurses and their driver. | Archived | Archived |
443 | May | 23 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 6.75 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO international staff program manager was attacked in Rumbek, southern Sudan, May 23, and was medically evacuated to Nairobi. | Archived | Archived |
440 | May | 30 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.83333 | 65.83333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO national staff shot and killed inside their car while traveling between Abas and Chapa Chi Ariq villages in Jawzjan, May 30. 4 men were later arrested. No motive established. | Archived | Archived |
441 | May | 30 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 36.75 | 72 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 donor agency national staff killed in remote control bomb attack on bridge in Badakshan, May 30. | Archived | Archived |
442 | May | 30 | 2006 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.0254688 | 35.2888075 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in West Bank by gunshot wounds, May 30. | Yes | Official Report |
447 | Jun | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 36.83763 | 66.63932 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver killed and 2 national staff injured when militants attacked their car in Charbolak district of Balkh province. | Archived | Archived | |
727 | Jun | 2 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 35.75 | 69 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff member killed by small arms fire at their residence. According to the report, the victim was shot after returning from a party. The murdered staff member was a district program manager/ head of sub-office in Baghlan-e-Jadid district. Four suspected men (who accompanied the victim from the party to his home) were arrested by the police. A police investigation is ongoing | Archived | Archived |
450 | Jun | 8 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Project site | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Murle & Didinga | One international agency national staff contractor killed by unknown assailants while working on a road in southern Sudan, June 8. At first thought to be LRA, now thought to be Murle and Didinga militias. | Archived | Archived |
445 | Jun | 13 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 13.4435 | 22.4452278 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 UN national staff security guard wounded when he was shot in the leg while off-duty in a marketplace near the agancy's international guesthouse in Geneina, 13 June. Unconfirmed information suggests it was personal issue. | Archived | Archived |
446 | Jun | 13 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff and 5 national staff detained by SLA Abdul Wahid faction while travelling from Kutum to Irgie, June 13. SLA claimed they were stopped b/c they were not notified of the team's mission and on allegations that the national staff were govt spies. | Archived | Archived |
448 | Jun | 22 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.3 | 70.833333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff kidnapped while driving in eastern Nuristan province, June 22; released after 4 days. | Archived | Archived |
451 | Jun | 25 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Public location | 6.75 | 30 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff assaulted and killed by 3 unknown persons while at a market in Rumbek, southern Sudan. Victim was travelling from the UN agency to the airport on official duty. One attacker was arrested; thought to be a personal matter. | Archived | Archived |
495 | Jun | 27 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 11.005922 | 29.718875 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO international staff working on demining was beaten up in a market in Kadugli due to labor dispute with national workers. UNMIS national guard intervened to get mob to release him. Vehicle confiscated by national authorities. | Archived | Archived |
449 | Jun | 30 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 16 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff watchman killed by unknown gunmen inside Kalma IDP camp, June 30, 2 am. Victim seems to have been sleeping while on duty at the agency's water pump station. | Archived | Archived |
685 | Jul | 2006 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 19.1399952 | -72.3570972 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (US) staff kidnapped for ransom. | Yes | Focal Point | |
463 | Jul | 1 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 13.4435 | 22.4452278 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Sudan National Security Service | 1 INGO national staff severely beaten by four National Security officers in Geneina, July 1. (also 3 intl staff harassed, not counted). The NS officers abducted the vicitm to the security office and beat him unconscious with an iron bar and with their fists. | Archived | Archived |
455 | Jul | 3 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | One international agency staff (Kenyan) missing after ambush in southern Sudan on aid agency vehicle, 3 July. Gunmen believed to be Uganda LRA. Six others killed and 11 wounded. | Archived | Archived |
452 | Jul | 4 | 2006 | SO | Somalia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.25 | 41.16667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 UN national staff killed and 4 national staff wounded when gunmen attacked UN-contracted trucks delivering food aid in southern Somalia, July 4. Local militia refused the convoy entry into Dhobley near border with Kenya. | Archived | Archived |
453 | Jul | 10 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 32.23556 | 62.94611 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff wounded when health clinic was attached in Farah Province, Bakwa District, July 10. Unknown perpetrators hit the guard and burnt a flying coach vehicle (used as ambulance), a motorbike and broke the doors and the windows of the c | Archived | Archived |
459 | Jul | 11 | 2006 | IN | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Other Explosives | Ambush | Road | 18.970715 | 72.819421 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lashkar-e-Qahhar (suspected) | 1 INGO national staff killed in Mumbai train bombings (terrorism), July 11. | Archived | Archived |
454 | Jul | 13 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 16 | 26 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed when their vehicle, on a routine field mission in North Darfur, was stopped by armed robbers, 13 July. | Archived | Archived |
460 | Jul | 19 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver killed by a man on the road in South Darfur. | Archived | Archived |
457 | Jul | 23 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.1605257 | 64.9201949 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed when their vehicle in Ghor province was ambushed by gunmen firing AK-47s. No known motive. | Archived | Archived |
749 | Jul | 24 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 16 | 30 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 7 INGO (6 national, 1 international) staff were held hostage by a group of over 40 former INGO IDP casual workers in INGO compound in Kalma camp while conducting a meeting. The staff were released only after making written promises to meet the demands of the ex-workers and to return to Kalma on Monday, 31 July 2006. | Archived | Archived |
458 | Jul | 25 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Home | 34 | 69.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff in Logar province wounded by an IED at their house. The bomb was rigged to the entry gate. Unclear if targeted for INGO work or if it was personal. | Yes | Official Report |
456 | Jul | 27 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff driver beaten to death and 1 national staff injured in Dereig IDP camp in West Darfur, 27 July. Org says the team "was caught up in civil unrest while collecting seedlings, as part of a tree planting programme ... [and] was attacked..." | Archived | Archived |
462 | Jul | 28 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 16 | 26 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted in North Darfur during the hijacking of an INGO vehicle, 3 May. Victim believed to have been held in Chad and was making way back to Saraf Omra in North Darfur when caught up and killed in fighting in Helelat village near Kulb. | Archived | Archived |
466 | Aug | 4 | 2006 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 8.5711 | 81.2335 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 17 INGO national staffers shot execution-style in Muttur in their offices, August 4. | Yes | Archived |
469 | Aug | 4 | 2006 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 14.51667 | 22.08333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff assaulted and hospitalized after their compound in Guereda was robbed by armed men, Aug. 4. Two other intl staff were assaulted but not hospitalized (not counted here). | Archived | Archived |
470 | Aug | 4 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver shot and wounded when 3 commercial trucks carrying food aid were ambushed by armed men in Um Duraba, east of Nyala, Aug 4. | Yes | Focal Point |
728 | Aug | 9 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Home | 33.5448968 | 68.4132108 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed: Initial reports state that an NGO employee was allegedly taken out from his residence by a group of assailants in the area. Later on he was found killed in the nearby village. No further information available at this stage. | Archived | Archived |
522 | Aug | 14 | 2006 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.66667 | 35.25 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 1 UN national staff member killed in a residential area by a missile fired by Israeli forces against an alleged Palestinian faction in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in Saida, 14 August. | Yes | Official Report |
467 | Aug | 16 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff abducted in Darfur by armed group in mid-August; found dead two weeks later. No details of the death. | Archived | Archived |
465 | Aug | 20 | 2006 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 8.7514 | 80.4971 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A staff member of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society was shot and killed by two unknown men outside home. | Yes | Official Report |
464 | Aug | 23 | 2006 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 7.29754 | 81.68202 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO nationals staff shot outside their office in the eastern Ampara district. | Archived | Archived |
471 | Aug | 26 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff watchman at a food depot in Graida, Darfur, was shot and later robbed of his money, Aug 26. | Archived | Archived |
468 | Aug | 27 | 2006 | 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 | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot twice in the head in a grocery store in Goma while wearing a t-shirt with the INGO's logo. | Archived | Archived |
472 | Aug | 27 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 35 | 63.75 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff guards found dead after two armed men climbed over the wall into an INGO office compound in Badghis Province, Bala Murghab District, Aug 27. Reportedly the perpetrators damaged (did not steal) office equipment, and broke the windows. | Archived | Archived |
473 | Sep | 1 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 16 | 26 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff health worker killed in Hashaba, North Darfur during fighting, Sept 1. | Archived | Archived |
474 | Sep | 1 | 2006 | SN | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 12.6981731 | -15.53551051 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 ICRC international (Swiss-American) staff killed, 3 (2 national, 1 international) staff wounded when their vehicle struck a mine or unexploded ammunition in Senegal's southern Casamance region. Villagers allied with rebels are accused of planting the mine to target gov | Archived | Archived |
929 | Sep | 7 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 12.12154025 | 23.1587067 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff beaten by armed men when vehicle ambushed between Um Ker and Garsila 80 kn sw of Zalingei. Robbed cash, camera and drivers license. | Archived | Archived |
476 | Sep | 10 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO (1 international [Colombian], 2 national) staff kidnapped ,Sept 9; released Sept 29. | Archived | Archived |
477 | Sep | 11 | 2006 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.5711 | 81.2335 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in Trincolamee District. Shot when returning to the office on INGO's motorcycle. No known motive. | Archived | Archived |
478 | Sep | 11 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO (3 national, 1 international) staff attacked, beaten and given death threats by around a dozen masked, armed men on a road between Zalingei and Nertiti near central Jabel Marra region in Darfur, Sept. 11. | Archived | Archived |
479 | Sep | 13 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff flogged with the whip and sustained injuries when their vehicle was ambushed while travelling to El Geneina between Kerenek and Azerni (25 km East of El Geneina) by three men, Sept 13. | Archived | Archived |
497 | Sep | 13 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff drivers abducted by armed men after ambush while traveling from El Fasher through Kutum to Abdel Shakour. | Archived | Archived |
480 | Sep | 16 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Road | 34.533333 | 69.166667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 NGO national staff killed and 1 national staff injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded under their car just south of the capital, Sept 16. | Archived | Archived |
750 | Sep | 17 | 2006 | SV | El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.69294 | -89.218191 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff Country Director was driving into Quezaltepeque to Santa Tecla railroad when an armed man attempted to stop the car. Victim decided to accelarate the vehicle and in order to avoid any shot she lowered her head. The car crashed into a barrier and rolled over. The CD was injured but recovered well. | Archived | Archived |
475 | Sep | 20 | 2006 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 9.145 | 40.489673 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC (1 international [Irish], 1 national) staff kidnapped, Sept 18; released unharmed on Sept 23. | Archived | Archived |
482 | Oct | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 16 | 26 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff driver disappeared during a hijacking incident in North Darfur and is presumed dead. | Yes | Official Report | |
686 | Oct | 2006 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 19.1399952 | -72.3570972 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff kidnapped for ransom. | Archived | Archived | |
481 | Oct | 6 | 2006 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed at a checkpoint run by a sectarian militia in Baghdad, Oct 7. | Archived | Archived |
483 | Oct | 30 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver suffered minor gunshot wounds when a UN convoy bringing humanitarian assistance was fired upon in South Darfur, 30 Oct. (Two passengers also suffered wounds, but not counted here.) | Archived | Archived |
484 | Oct | 30 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver injured when beaten with a stick on the head when three UN-contracted trucks were stopped by 12 armed men when on their way from Nyala to Kass, Oct 30. All drivers were robbed of their money and mobile phones. | Archived | Archived |
487 | Nov | 2 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff kidnapped when armed men attempted to kidnap eight national staff members at an IDP camp basic health care clinic in Kandahar province, Nov 2. Seven of the eight managed to escape. No parties have claimed responsibility. | Archived | Archived |
485 | Nov | 3 | 2006 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 2 RC national staff killed in Gaza Strip, Nov 3. The two paramedics had left their ambulance to evacuate a dead body when IDF munitions hit the area. Anounced by ICRC, who said they were marked with clear emblems and wearing florescent j | Archived | Archived |
488 | Nov | 5 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.5487421 | 69.4346945 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 NGO national staff kidnapped in Paktya province, Nov 5. No parties have claimed responsibility. | Yes | Official Report |
486 | Nov | 6 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.41897 | 69.12144 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 UN national staff kidnapped in Zormat district of the eastern Paktia province while on their way to visit a new school. No word on whether have been released. | Yes | Focal Point |
759 | Nov | 7 | 2006 | MW | Malawi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -13.2687204 | 33.9301963 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff hospitalized as a result of carjacking. | Yes | Focal Point |
489 | Nov | 8 | 2006 | ER | Eritrea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 15.25 | 37.5 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN international staff seriously injured when their car hit a landmine in the middle of the main road from Tsorena to Forto, inside the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ), Nov. 8. | Archived | Archived |
498 | Nov | 9 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 6.75 | 30 | Political | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | Seven UN national staff and 1 INGO national staff members detained, severely beaten and caned by local soliders in Rumbek, southern Sudan, Nov 9. The INGO member was sent to Nairobi for medical treatment. | Archived | Archived |
499 | Nov | 10 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 6.75 | 30 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff officer was physically assaulted and sustained back injuries in an incident where two MONUC helicopters landed in Rumbek for refuelling, Nov 10. | Archived | Archived |
490 | Nov | 16 | 2006 | TD | Chad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Raid | Unknown | 12.53333 | 22.18333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff wounded by armed men on horseback in southeast Chad, Nov 15/16. 7 employees and 3,200 displaced people remain missing as of Nov 20. Attack occurred near Koloy | Archived | Archived |
523 | Nov | 23 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver abducted by gunpoint en route to a food nutrition center, Wed Nov 23; victim alked back to Sanidadi 48 hours later, unharmed. | Archived | Archived |
1329 | Nov | 23 | 2006 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 7.29754 | 81.68202 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Special Task Force | An INGO national staffer was shot dead in front of his home by armed men thought to be representatives of or associated with the Sri Lankan counter-insurgency Special Task Force | Yes | Official Report |
491 | Nov | 24 | 2006 | LS | Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -29.6039267 | 28.3350193 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IO international (Dutch) staff shot dead outside the house of Lesotho's trade and industry minister, where the victim was staying. Motive unknown, but attack came shortly after Parliament was dissolved to pave the way for elections | Archived | Archived |
678 | Nov | 25 | 2006 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 14.525174 | 20.928701 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded when rebels took the town of Biltine and forced the INGO staff member to hand over a car, after which victim was severely beaten. They returned a few days later and took another vehicle from the compound the INGO staff were sheltering in. | Archived | Archived |
1209 | Dec | 6 | 2006 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 33.41897 | 69.12144 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff were snatched by unidentified armed men in Paktia's Zurmat district on, Wednesday Dec 6. The men were visiting a hospital that the aid group runs in the area. | Archived | Archived |
500 | Dec | 7 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 8 NGO national staff violently beaten in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, Dec 7. Three vehicles also stolen. | Yes | Official Report |
501 | Dec | 9 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff kidnapped: A vehicle belonging to an INGO operating within the area of Azerni was carjacked , Dec 9. The location of the natl staff driver and vehicle is unknown. | Archived | Archived |
679 | Dec | 14 | 2006 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 1.4583333 | 30.4333333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff member was brutally attacked and robbed in their home. Needed hospitalization | Archived | Archived |
494 | Dec | 17 | 2006 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 14 RC national staff held hostage after gunmen attack their downtown office in Baghdad (30 staff and visitors initially held - 16 released unharmed the same day). | Archived | Archived |
502 | Dec | 18 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Office/compound | 11.2811075 | 25.1414136 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff wounded (1 raped and 1 sexually assaulted) and 1 INGO national staff guard of another organization wounded in coordinated violent attack on Gereida compound. Staff from the latter INGO were among 71 aid workers evacuated from the town as a result. Since then they maintained some basic public health services through local staff in the town, but most operations have been suspended. | Archived | Archived |
508 | Dec | 18 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and wounded when an ambulance escorted by Govt police was ambushed by 7-10 armed men in Khorbomba (Habila Kanari area, 23 km west from El Geneina), Dec 18. One policeman was also killed (not counted here) and three AK-47s | Archived | Archived |
760 | Dec | 18 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in a carjacking that also resulted in 2 policemen being killed (not included here). | Yes | Focal Point |
503 | Dec | 19 | 2006 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff teacher injured in crossfire during armed dashes that took place in the vicinity of UN schools in Gaza, Dec 19. A 13-year-old school girl was also injured (not counted here). | Yes | Focal Point |
505 | Dec | 26 | 2006 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Janjaweed | 1 UN national staff contracted driver shot and injured in ambush of two commercial trucks carrying UN agency food in Habila Kanari. Ten armed attackers, believed to be Janjaweed militia, shot at the vehicles that drove through the ambush, hitting one driver. | Archived | Archived |
519 | 2007 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff volunteer killed. | Archived | Media | ||
785 | 2007 | MW | Malawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -13.2687204 | 33.9301963 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 UN national staff stabbed to death by robbers in what the agency called a non-work related incident. | Archived | Archived | ||
506 | Jan | 8 | 2007 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff engineer shot while driving car in Baghdad at night. Perpetrators/motives unknown. | Archived | Archived |
1205 | Jan | 10 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff killed and 1 national staff of an intl organization wounded in an ambush in southern Sudan, Jan 10. Travelling with an SPLA armed convoy. | Archived | Archived |
541 | Jan | 20 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Public location | 14.201859 | 24.663781 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contractor and 1 IO national staff abducted at the market area in Kutum by Arab Militias base in Sheik Abu Da Bagi, 20 Jan.; later released on 21 January. | Archived | Archived |
751 | Jan | 24 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.52813 | 69.17233 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff engineer kidnapped when traveling from his workplace in Parwan town to his home in Kabul, 24 Jan. The victims vehicle was waved off the road by and approached by a man dressed in army fatigues and bearing weapons. The victim was not mistreated, tortured or threatened in any way. None of his possessions were taken. Released on 27 Jan. | Archived | Archived |
510 | Jan | 27 | 2007 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff Regional Director killed in a carjacking attempt in Nairobi. | Archived | Archived |
512 | Feb | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.16667 | 24.36667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver briefly abducted and beaten in eastern Jebel Marra in Darfur. | Archived | Archived | |
520 | Feb | 2007 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 33.3554189 | 44.48949509 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 1 NGO national staff killed while trying to deliver aid to a neighbourhood in Sadr City [a Shia-dominated area of Baghdad]. Militants stopped his car and asked for his documents. When they saw from his surname that he was a Sunni Muslim, they took him away. His body was found two days later near the capital. | Media | ||
511 | Feb | 7 | 2007 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff wounded when a bomb exploded in the residential compound in Pakistan's earthquake hit area. | Archived | Archived |
532 | Feb | 11 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff (guard) underwent medical treatment after being shot when four armed men looted food items from a UN agency. | Archived | Archived |
531 | Feb | 13 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 12.33333 | 23.41667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard sustained injuries when two armed men in military uniform entered an INGO compound in Um Dukhum in W. Darfur early in the morning of 13 February in an attempt to loot money. They attacked the guard who sustained injuries before fleeing the scene. Two staff members of the INGO living nearby came to the rescue of their colleagues and while they were transporting the injured to the hospital, their house was robbed. | Archived | Archived |
530 | Feb | 17 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Public location | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff assaulted by a group of unidentified men while walking home in southern Sudan, 17 Feb. Victim was beaten with sticks and sustained injuries. The attackers took his money and other personal belongings. | Archived | Archived |
729 | Feb | 17 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 35.9261784 | 64.6237758 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed at home in a target killing. | Archived | Archived |
513 | Mar | 2007 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFI national staff driver seriously wounded in a shooting in Baghdad; was evacuated from the country. | Archived | Archived | |
514 | Mar | 8 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 35.5532126 | 66.2426766 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (German) staff killed when vehicles of INGO came under fire in Shar-e-Pul Province, March 8. 3 Afghans were robbed (not included) but let go while the German was killed later. | Archived | Archived |
515 | Mar | 13 | 2007 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 31.649741 | 35.162072 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff abducted in front of their son by unknown men and found dead the next day. | Yes | Focal Point |
786 | Mar | 14 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -0.35817 | 42.54536 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff Chairman killed in Olympic district by unknown gunmen. Reports add that he had travelled from Kismayo to attend a workshop. | Yes | Official Report |
761 | Mar | 21 | 2007 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff contracted guards hospitalized | Archived | Archived |
762 | Mar | 21 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member hospitalized after attack. Motive related to ethnic violence. | Yes | Focal Point |
540 | Mar | 24 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 8.9780188 | 79.9148547 | Political | Host state | Sri Lanka Armed Forces | 1 NGO national staff killed and 3 national staff injured when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers exploded a claymore mine targeting a vehicle belonging to the aid agency in Mannar at around 12.30pm on Saturday. | Archived | Archived |
533 | Apr | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 12.33333 | 23.41667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff security guard was badly beaten up and is in a critical condition in Um Dukhun, Darfur. | Archived | Archived | |
1330 | Apr | 1 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 8.4594924 | 81.2309621 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | Six national staffers working for an INGO on a post-tsunami construction project were killed and three seriously wounded, when unknown gunmen attacked at Mailampaaveli in Batticaloa district around 7:30PM on 1 April 2007. LTTE and government forces each blamed the other side. | Yes | Official Report | |||
516 | Apr | 3 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 30.5 | 62 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 2 INGO international (French) staff and 3 national staff (cook, driver and bodyguard) kidnapped by Taliban insurgents in Nimroz province, April 3; he two internationals released April 28 and May 11; 3 nationals released May 27. | Archived | Archived |
1207 | Apr | 4 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 12.33333 | 23.41667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard sustained serious injuries when four unknown armed men raided the compound in Umm Dukhum in West Darfur, April 4. | Archived | Archived |
536 | Apr | 17 | 2007 | FJ | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Raid | Public location | -18.1415884 | 178.4421662 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 donor agency international staff, believed to be former policemen, suffered minor injuries after they were caught up in the robbery of a Suva restaurant, April 17. | Archived | Archived |
1208 | Apr | 17 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Unknown | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Four UN contractors and 1 national staff driver were killed when a powerful remote-controlled bomb destroyed a UN vehicle in Kandahar, April 17. | Archived | Archived |
529 | Apr | 18 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 16 | 30 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff severely beaten up when ten unknown armed men forced entrance into an INGO guesthouse in Saleah, 18 April. They severely beat up the INGO representative and his wife (not included here) as well the guard. They took the keys of the INGO vehicle at gun point and fled with the vehicle. | Archived | Archived |
526 | Apr | 19 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.626786 | 25.349635 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver was hijacked with an INGO vehicle, 19 April; released on 25 April near the Chad/Sudan border and returned to El Fasher. The vehicle is still missing. | Archived | Archived |
528 | Apr | 21 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 16 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver missing when three unknown armed men entered an INGO compound in Kalma IDP camp (15 km East of Nyala) with two AK-47s, one G3 and a hand grenade, 21 April. The perpetrators took the key to an INGO vehicle with one of the driver who drove them out of the camp. The driver is still missing. | Archived | Archived |
680 | Apr | 21 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 8.4594924 | 81.2309621 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff injured by a IED/Claymore attack, as he happened to pass by on a motorbike. | Archived | Archived |
527 | Apr | 23 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO nationals staff injured when unknown armed men attacked an INGO vehicle near Marla (55 km South East of Nyala, South Darfur), 23 April. They shot at the vehicle. | Archived | Archived |
537 | Apr | 29 | 2007 | FJ | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -18.1415884 | 178.4421662 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 donor agency international staff former policeman was bashed on Sunday night after four thugs broke into his home and tied him up. Suva police said yesterday that the man needed 15 stitches. | Archived | Archived |
1210 | Apr | 29 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.727865 | 68.867998 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver killed when pulled from truck in Kunduz province on Sunday evening and shot. The vehicle was set on fire. 2 national staff other employees are missing. | Archived | Archived |
688 | May | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | 1 INGO national staff detained and beaten severely by local security forces, a result of local Dinka-Acholi tensions over land. | Archived | Archived | |
1206 | May | 2 | 2007 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 16.308528 | 43.403557 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national RC workers injured in an attack on an aid convoy in northern Yemen in Saada province, close to the Saudi border, May 2. Saada is the site of a Shiite rebellion against Yemen's Sunni-dominated govt. No word on motive. | Yes | Official Report |
534 | May | 8 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.6507279 | 48.3009945 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (1 British, 1 Kenyan) staff kidnapped by gunmen in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, May 9; released May 14. There have been suggestions the aid workers were seized for use as a bargaining chip in a dispute between fishermen and the national authorities over impounded fishing vessels. | Archived | Archived |
538 | May | 8 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver was shot dead on the way to work in the southern province of Kandahar by unidentified men on a motorbike. Police are now looking for the assassins | Archived | Archived |
535 | May | 14 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff guard wounded when gunmen wearing (government) uniforms attacked the UN office in Mogadishu. The UN security guards repelled them. | Archived | Archived |
549 | May | 19 | 2007 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.31933 | 16.37992 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff nurse abducted along with another health worker (not included) abducted by armed men in the bush 38km from Bozoum, 19 May; released on Sunday. The INGO decided not to resume activities in northwestern Central African Republic, despite the release of two kidnapped health workers because of insecurity | Archived | Archived |
539 | May | 20 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Road | 1.7148358 | 44.7699326 | Economic | Criminal | Pirates | 1 UN national staff guard was killed while helping repulse a new pirate attack on a ship that had just delivered UN food assistance to the Somali port of Merka. As a result, the agents of a UN-contracted vessel this morning refused to allow the ship loaded with food to sail for Somalia. | Archived | Archived |
542 | May | 21 | 2007 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.649741 | 35.162072 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff wounded. | Yes | Focal Point |
700 | May | 25 | 2007 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15 | 19 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver and car taken, driver held hostage for a few days before escaping. Assailants fled to Sudan. | Archived | Archived |
548 | May | 29 | 2007 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.79748245 | 34.18649998 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver killed in an ambush by gunmen, after which the UN agency temporarily suspended aid to half a million people in Uganda's drought-prone Karamoja region. | Yes | Focal Point |
553 | May | 30 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff abducted at gunpoint when two unknown armed men stopped an INGO vehicle returning from El Hamidiya IDP camp to Zalingei, 30 May. UNDSS informed the police and local commissioner about the incident, but the two staff members and vehicle are still missing. | Yes | Focal Point |
547 | Jun | 4 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 6.68048 | 80.401919 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national RC workers who had been abducted by gunmen claiming to be police in Colombo, have been shot dead. The bodies of the two men were found in Ratnapura district, about 100km (60 miles) south-east of Colombo. | Yes | Focal Point |
717 | Jun | 5 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.3676771 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Host state | Transitional Federal Government forces (TFG) | 1 INGO national staff driver (daily hire) killed and 1 national staff injured when TFG forces starting shooting at unmarked vehicle passing a military convoy | Archived | Archived |
543 | Jun | 11 | 2007 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.24269 | 16.44059 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff shot and killed Monday while traveling from the group's regional base in the African country as part of an "exploratory mission'' checking on health conditions in the town of N'Gaoundal. Rebels control much of the area where the victim was killed, but it was unclear whether they were involved in the attack | Archived | Archived |
546 | Jun | 11 | 2007 | LB | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.43667 | 35.84972 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national RC workers killed Monday at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon as Lebanese forces and Islamic militants battled. The two were killed when a militant group's mortar shell struck their vehicle | Archived | Archived |
730 | Jun | 11 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 36.734772 | 70.811995 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed at their residence | Archived | Archived |
544 | Jun | 12 | 2007 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff was shot and died the following day. The agency is temporarily suspending all but emergency medical and food programmes. The victim appears to have been caught in the crossfire and not targeted because of UN affiliation. | Yes | Focal Point |
763 | Jun | 12 | 2007 | VN | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 16.16667 | 107.83333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff hospitalized after major assault during robbery | Yes | Focal Point |
545 | Jun | 13 | 2007 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff was shot in the head. The agency is temporarily suspending all but emergency medical and food programmes. The victim appears to have been caught in the crossfire and not targeted because of UN affiliation. | Yes | Focal Point |
552 | Jun | 13 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 7.7475 | 81.59545919 | Incidental | Host state | Sri Lanka Armed Forces | 1 INGO international (Filipino) staff wounded after being shot Wednesday night in northeastern Sri Lanka. Victim was shot and wounded by navy troops after he strayed too close to a naval camp in eastern Sri Lanka where security forces are battling Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said Thursday. | Yes | Official Report |
550 | Jun | 17 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 2 INGO international (Japanese) staff wounded passing through traffic circle in Kabul when Taliban bombed a police academy bus at Kabul | Archived | Archived |
551 | Jun | 17 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.9096 | 23.47406 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard/pump operator shot and killed on way home from work- a water point in Khamsa Degaig camp for internally displaced persons in Zalingei, West Darfur, 17 June. The victim was ordered to stop by three unidentified men in civilian clothes. After refusing to stop, one of the three men shot him three times at point blank range and died immediately. | Archived | Archived |
691 | Jun | 18 | 2007 | TD | Chad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 14.51667 | 22.08333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO international staff beaten when four staff and a rental car driver were ambushed (only counted the the three). Two vehicles and their contents were stolen. Staff were considered missing for many hours as they made their way back to base. | Archived | Archived |
731 | Jun | 19 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.220389 | 70.3800314 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 1 NGO national staff shot and killed by an armed group. | Archived | Archived |
554 | Jun | 25 | 2007 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 22.4237755 | 91.72367388 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 donor agency international staff in captivity by Myanmar militants since June 25 in forests managed to foil a rescue mission by Bangladesh security forces and escaped after an hour-long exchange of fire. Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel closed in on the kidnappers in Thanchi forests in Chittagong Hill Tracts on Friday. Freed later. | Archived | Archived |
555 | Jun | 27 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Clan | 2 INGO national staff a doctor and his driver killed by gunmen in southern Somalia. The doctor was slain late Wednesday in El-Berde, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu. Orgnaization rep said he might have been a victim of an inter-clan feud in the region. Residents said the gunmen also shot the driver as he tried to protect the aid worker. "Three men armed with AK 47 rifles stopped the doctor in town and one of them shot him twice. His driver, Lel Idris, was also shot by another gunman while trying to protect the doctor," said Hassan Sheik Ali, a resident. | Yes | Focal Point |
557 | Jul | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff, a doctor and his chauffeur, were on a work visit and failed to return to the hospital where they are based, when they were kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan. | Archived | Media | |
571 | Jul | 2007 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 33.0955793 | 44.1749775 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff paralyzed after being shot. | Archived | Archived | |
556 | Jul | 9 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 4.7355786 | 45.2040946 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff gunned down by an | Archived | Archived |
558 | Jul | 9 | 2007 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 30.4952367 | 47.8090981 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff doctor kidnapped early on Monday on his way home from work and killed in the southern city of Basra. The organisation has suspended its demining programme in the region until the circumstances of the murder have been clarified. His body was found two days later and the preliminary investigation does not indicate that this crime was an attack against the demining work" of the organisation. | Yes | Official Report |
559 | Jul | 13 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 32 | 67.25 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 1 donor agency national staff killed and 2 national staff injured Friday after suspected Taliban ambushed their convoy | Yes | Official Report |
560 | Jul | 18 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34 | 69.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff were shot and killed in an attack in Logar Province southeast of the capital Kabul by unidentified gunmen. | Archived | Archived |
692 | Jul | 19 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Ambush | Road | 37.1187512 | 70.5784966 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff injured on his way to work by blast from suicide bomber attack on a police station. | Archived | Archived |
752 | Jul | 21 | 2007 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 18.555277 | -72.338333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff kidnapped in Carrefour-feuilles, Port-au-Prince, July 21; released by kidnappers on July 23 at c. 20:30. Vehicle stolen during kidnapping but recovered by police. | Archived | Archived |
561 | Jul | 24 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.28 | 80.25490821 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed by gunman in the island's army-held far northern Jaffna peninsula. | Archived | Archived |
789 | Aug | 2007 | TD | Chad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.225592 | 21.4101617 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contractor killed. | Yes | Focal Point | |
787 | Aug | 4 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1 | 41.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff security guard killed and 1 national staff driver seriously wounded when the NGO mission was ambushed between Dobley and the Kenyan border. 2 other staff lightly wounded (not counted here). | Archived | Archived |
764 | Aug | 13 | 2007 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.45993 | 72.50237 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO national staff killed and 6 national staff injured when an INGO vehicle was struck by a roadside IED in the Ushu Valley, near the tourist resort of Kalam in the Swat district. | Yes | Focal Point |
562 | Aug | 18 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Criminal | Haqqani Network | 1 INGO international staff seized from a Kabul restaurant while having lunch with her husband on Saturday. A spokesman on a video said the abductors were not Taliban, but belonged to a "special network".He demanded the release of the group's men held by President Hamid Karzai's government | Archived | Archived |
563 | Aug | 20 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.6669 | 80.0181 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff injured by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles in Jaffna, as they traveled to work. The group, which has 300 staff in Jaffna, had suspended its work on the peninsula to determine how to improve staff security. | Yes | Official Report |
701 | Aug | 27 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Incidental | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One INGO national staff (locally trained nurse) was killed by drunken soldier in dispute over nurse's cattle. The INGO claims the incident was not aid or organization-related. | Archived | Archived |
572 | Sep | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO nationals staff driver was tied up, beaten and treated at a UN clinic in Nyala. | Archived | Archived | |
732 | Sep | 6 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Home | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed when two armed men entered the victim's home. | Archived | Archived |
564 | Sep | 11 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 5 | 47 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Clan | One UN national staff shot and killed by unidentified clan gunmen Tuesday afternoon in Abudwak, a town in the central Somali region of Galgadud. The victim was targeted for clan-related reasons, reliable sources in Abudwak said. | Yes | Official Report |
565 | Sep | 12 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.734772 | 70.811995 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Bangladeshi) staff who was working for an agency providing small financial support for locals was shot dead by two unknown gunmen while he was traveling in on a motorbike northeastern Badakhshan province on Wednesday afternoon. Some locals said another Bengalese was injured, but the police did not confirm (not included). No one has claimed responsibility, and the motivation for the attack was not immediately known. But the police said one suspect was arrested. Local officials blamed the killing on highway robbers. | Archived | Archived |
566 | Sep | 16 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Office/compound | 34 | 69.25 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Bangladeshi) staff kidnapped by six unknown men who entered the office and forcefully took him away in Logar province on Saturday; released December 8. Police arrested two (other report says three) men who said they were involved and were robbers but police said they had not stolen anything and may have been linked to a militant group. | Archived | Archived |
733 | Sep | 19 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.3707276 | 68.3288601 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff (a doctor & his driver) were found dead in Chack District. | Archived | Archived |
567 | Sep | 20 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national RC driver seriously injured when three gunmen armed with pistols carjacked a vehicle at Bakara market in Hawil-wadag district in Mogadishu. | Yes | Official Report |
570 | Sep | 25 | 2007 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 30.4952367 | 47.8090981 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff of UN agency partner organization staff kidnapped and killed by armed militia members on Tuesday. The victim's body and that of a friend (not included here) were later located at a morgue. Initial reports indicate that the murder was an act of militia retaliation against sectarian minorities in southern Iraq, and not deliberate targeting of humanitarian workers. | Archived | Archived |
569 | Sep | 26 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.3707276 | 68.3288601 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC national staff and 2 international (1 Burmese, 1 Macedonian) kidnapped Wednesday in central Wardak province by Taliban militians; released Saturday. They were "Our mujahideen detained the Red Cross workers in Wardak province without knowing they were ICRC staff," said a Taliban spokesman who declined to be named. "We have nothing against the Red Cross and we are going to release them soon." | Archived | Archived |
573 | Sep | 27 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 8.9780188 | 79.9148547 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed by roadside bomb. The victim was providing food for displaced people inside a rebel-held area in Mannar, Sri Lanka and was killed by a remotely launched mine attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
568 | Sep | 28 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO national staff wounded when armed men ambushed an aid convoy in Darfur, which included eight staff members. The convoy was attacked some 25 miles south of Nyala. The INGO has scaled back its operations in South Darfur after its staff suffered three attacks within a week. | Yes | Focal Point |
574 | Sep | 30 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34 | 69.25 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff (driver and a skilled staffer) were snatched from the Baraki Barak district while travelling to Kabul. The two workers had completed a water and sanitation project in Logar when kidnapped by an armed gang Sunday. That the kidnappers had not made very specific demands but the main motive behind the abduction was ransom. The aid group was holding talks with the kidnappers through local elders but it would not pay a ransom. | Archived | Archived |
753 | Oct | 4 | 2007 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 16.7719091 | -3.0087272 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff and 2 national staff of partner NGOs were abducted. Found after a 3-day search and released, the vehicle was stolen | Archived | Archived |
577 | Oct | 8 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed when fleeing the town of Muhajeria which was attacked, 8 October. 13 humanitarian workers were evacuated on the following day after heavy fighting and violence. Other staff members fled in an attempt to join and protect their families. | Archived | Archived |
579 | Oct | 10 | 2007 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15 | 19 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO international staff kidnapped by rebels while he was in the northern part of the country, Oct. 10. | Archived | Media |
734 | Oct | 11 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.75 | 67.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff security guard found dead with 2 stab wounds to the stomach | Archived | Archived |
788 | Oct | 11 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff wounded when driving their belonging to an INGO. The gunmen stopped the car and reportedly shot and wounded the two occupants before driving away with the vehicle. | Archived | Archived |
575 | Oct | 12 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff trucking co partner was killed in South Darfur on the road between the state capital Nyala and the city of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, 12 October. | Archived | Archived |
765 | Oct | 12 | 2007 | MW | Malawi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -13.2687204 | 33.9301963 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff hospitalized after 'major assault'. Motive unknown. | Archived | Archived |
576 | Oct | 16 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff contracted drivers contracted shot and killed by unidentified assailants in Darfur, 16 October. The incident occured in South Darfur on the road between the town of Ed Daien and the city of El Obeid. The men were returning to El Obeid after delivering supplies. | Archived | Archived |
578 | Oct | 17 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Political | Host state | Local government actors | 1 UN national staff kidnapped: 60 armed men had stormed the UN agency compound in the south of Mogadishu and marched away with the agency head at gunpoint. The UN halted food distribution in response. The Mayor of Mogadishu, said that the humanitarian organisations were fuelling the insurgency by feeding terrorists in the camps. Last month he cut off water supplies to several of the sprawling tent cities. Aid workers and diplomats suggested that he was the most likely figure behind yesterday | Archived | Archived |
666 | Oct | 25 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 33.55391 | 68.42096 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (Banglasdeshi) staff kidnapped and 1 national staff wounded by unidentified gunmen Thursday. The two international staff were taken from their office in Moi Mobarok in the provincial capital. | Yes | Official Report |
1331 | Oct | 28 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 9.6669 | 80.0181 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of an INGO was killed by an unknown gunman at his home. | Yes | Official Report |
580 | Oct | 30 | 2007 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 34.2188242 | 71.62733422 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 8 NGO national staff injured, two critically, when an explosive device went off outside the office and residential compound of a national NGO running health and education projects. Staff were asleep inside. We have suspended our operations. Our staff has been evacuated," Michael McGrath, country director of Save the Children US in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) told IRIN, noting that all 95 staff members - international and national - had been moved out of Battagram and the nearby town of Bana | Yes | Focal Point |
581 | Oct | 31 | 2007 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 2.75 | 32.9 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed and 1 national staff wounded, who escaped, by gunmen in Amuru district on Wednesday. Banditry is rife across northern Uganda, scarred by two decades of insurgency by the LRA and widespread cattle rustling by AK-47-toting Karamojong warriors. Both have a habit of ambushing then looting civilian vehicles."We suspect these were just armed thugs who targeted the cash," an army spokesman for northern Uganda, told Reuters. "It doesn't look like an LRA attack and there are no Karamojong warriors in Amuru."The LRA normally burn vehicles after attacks, but Magezi said the attackers merely robbed cash and escaped. | Archived | Media |
689 | Nov | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff beaten in an armed attack on Kulbus compound, one vehicle and two thurayas stolen. | Archived | Archived | |
702 | Nov | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver kidnapped and car stolen; driver was freed a few days later after intervention of the Sudanese authorities. | Archived | Archived | |
790 | Nov | 1 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff contractor killed. | Archived | Archived |
693 | Nov | 7 | 2007 | TZ | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | -3.36667 | 36.68333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was arrested and hospitalized after beaten by police. | Archived | Archived |
2936 | Nov | 7 | 2007 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 7.25 | 16.433333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One international INGO staff member was reportedly shot and killed while checking on health conditions in Paoua. | Pending | ACLED |
1332 | Nov | 10 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Home | 8.98333 | 79.9 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | A local NGO staffer was abducted from a private home by LTTE forces and later killed. | Archived | Archived |
582 | Nov | 15 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed when was hit by a stray bullet while distributing food at camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, 15 November. Victim was seriously wounded in the accident and died the next day at the Medina hospital. | Archived | Archived |
1333 | Nov | 16 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.6649255 | 80.0091719 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local staffer of an INGO was ambushed and shot dead on his way home from a Temple service. | Yes | Official Report |
735 | Nov | 18 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 36.734772 | 70.811995 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed when an INGO vehicle with 6 occupants was ambushed. | Archived | Archived |
754 | Nov | 22 | 2007 | PG | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -5.6816069 | 144.2489081 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Youths | 2 INGO national staff were beaten in ambush when a group of approx. 10 youth blocked the road in front of INGO vehicle and robbed the team of cash, but left vehicle. | Archived | Archived |
583 | Nov | 24 | 2007 | TD | Chad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | 15 | 21.5 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff (of two different INGOs) and 1 INGO national staff security guard injured when armed rebels and unidentified gunmen entered two towns in eastern Chad at the weekend after rebel factions abandoned a month-old ceasefire. The gunmen, whose identity is unclear, used the butt of a rifle to beat the two internationals and a security guard was hit in the leg by a bullet. Most aid workers there pulled back to the nearby town of Goz Beida, and aid sources said humanitarian agencies would decide on Monday whether to evacuate all their staff from the area. | Archived | Archived |
766 | Nov | 25 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff shot during armed robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
694 | Nov | 30 | 2007 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.75 | 32.9 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard was shot dead when returning from town in the evening. The police believe it was a robbery. | Archived | Archived |
687 | Dec | 2007 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 19.1399952 | -72.3570972 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Haitian national staff kidnapped for ransom | Archived | Archived | |
584 | Dec | 2 | 2007 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 31.61332 | 65.71013 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff truck driver shot and killed and 1 UN national staff abducted and remains missing. The incident occured while delivering UN humanitarian assistance last Sunday. A truck carrying 14 tons of high energy biscuits for the UN agency was ambushed by armed men on the road from Kandahar to Helmand in southern Afghanistan. | Yes | Official Report |
755 | Dec | 4 | 2007 | TH | Thailand | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 6.8678652 | 101.2504538 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO national staff injured and 1 INGO national staff killed when a terrorist bomb exploded at a local shop in Pattani province, December 4 . One national staff and their 9yr son died at the hospital that night, while other staff were injured. | Archived | Archived |
585 | Dec | 6 | 2007 | TD | Chad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.7453 | 18.5508 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver shot and killed working out of the agency's field office in Danamadji. The circumstances surrounding the shooting are still not clear. | Yes | Official Report |
586 | Dec | 11 | 2007 | DZ | Algeria | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Office/compound | 36.775348 | 3.0600655 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | 3 UN international (1 Filipino, 1 Senegalese, 1 Danish) staff and 5 UN national staff killed, 1 UN international staff and 2 UN national staff injured in the blast at the UN compound. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility. | Archived | Archived |
587 | Dec | 14 | 2007 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Home | 9.6649255 | 80.0091719 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national RC volunteer abducted and murdered in the island's army-held northern Jaffna peninsula. Victim was abducted by unidentified gunmen from his Jaffna home on Friday in front of his family, and his corpse was found on Sunday. Nordic truce monitors blame state security forces for the killings. "Definitely this (latest killing) must have been done by the LTTE to discredit the military and to show that we did it, so we deny that," said a military spokesman. | Yes | Official Report |
767 | Dec | 23 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed during ethnic strife/ staff relocation. | Archived | Archived |
1163 | Dec | 24 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contractor killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
588 | Dec | 26 | 2007 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.2784798 | 49.1799522 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (1 Spanish, 1 Argentine) staff (a doctor and nurse) kidnapped and freed, Jan 2. The police captured two of the kidnappers after a heavy exchange of gunfire. The abduction in Bosasso port came two days after gunmen in Puntland released a French journalist whom they kidnapped and held for eight days demanding $80,000 in ransom. | Archived | Archived |
768 | Dec | 29 | 2007 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff murdered. Motive unknown | Yes | Focal Point |
589 | Dec | 31 | 2007 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -3.4733471 | 30.2501278 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff killed and 1 INGO international (French) one badly wounded and evacuated. Three INGO international staff were escorting two national colleagues to the INGO's regional headquarters in Ruyigi province, when a gunman opened fire late Monday. The agency also said it was temporarily suspending all its operations in the central African nation until more information was available about the incident, but had no immediate plans to evacuate its staff. Thge INGO said they didn't know if we were targeted as a humanitarian agency or if they were under fire by accident. There are several hypotheses with one reporter cited as saying,"They fled after that without trying to steal anything...as if the whole operation had been aimed to kill." | Archived | Archived |
781 | 2008 | TD | Chad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15 | 19 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff murdered - no further details given. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
782 | 2008 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 9.145 | 40.489673 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Three national staff of a local partner organization of an INGO were killed in a mine incident returning from an area they worked under a sub-grant. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
783 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff murdered while off duty. Motive unknown. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
590 | Jan | 1 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Unknown | 15.5933247 | 32.5356502 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 donor agency international (American) staff and 1 national staff driver shot and killed in ambush during a New Years celebrations in Khartoum, January 1. The little-known froup Ansar Al Tawhid (Companions of Monotheism) soon claimed responsibility for the killings. | Archived | Archived |
935 | Jan | 1 | 2008 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Office/compound | 14.51667 | 22.08333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard bound and beaten at INGO compound. | Yes | Focal Point |
703 | Jan | 2 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff machine operator killed and 1 INGO national staff guard wounded when compound attacked. Motive: robbery, several valuable items were stolen. | Archived | Archived |
769 | Jan | 4 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Public location | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff wounded in Afghanistan hotel bombing. | Yes | Focal Point |
704 | Jan | 7 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff driver shot and killed by two men armed with pistols. The motive for the incident has not yet been established. | Archived | Archived |
684 | Jan | 8 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted from Dalla camp, Hangu by unidentified elements, 8 January 2009; later released unharmed. | Archived | Archived |
1217 | Jan | 12 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff seriously injured during an attempted carjacking in West Darfur, 12 January 2008 | Yes | Focal Point |
591 | Jan | 14 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Public location | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 1 donor agency international staff killed in Taliban bombing of Serena Hotel. | Archived | Archived |
1218 | Jan | 15 | 2008 | MZ | Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | -19.302233 | 34.9144977 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff in Mozambique was seriously injured during a robbery attack in front of his residence. | Yes | Focal Point |
865 | Jan | 16 | 2008 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 6.8714 | 81.3487 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national RC worker killed in Okkampitiya, Monaragala. | Yes | Focal Point |
756 | Jan | 18 | 2008 | NP | Nepal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 27.15 | 85.9 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff junior engineer abducted from Harsar village of Dhanusa district on January, 18, 2008 Friday at around 4:30 PM. He was abducted during the distribution of wage payment to the laborers at building construction site. Chairperson of building construction committee was also abducted (not included). Abductors came on motorbikes and forced 2 people to ride, got on the bikes and drove away. He was released on 20 Jan at 8 PM in the evening after the local partner NGO staff and community put pressure on abductors. | Yes | Focal Point |
593 | Jan | 26 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (American) staff and 1 INGO national staff driver kidnapped in Kandahar. Assumed killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the abductions, and the Taliban insurgents behind many of the recent year's kidnappings have denied involvement. | Yes | Archived |
594 | Jan | 28 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | -0.358216 | 42.545087 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff (1 French logistics expert, 1 Kenyan doctor) and 1 INGO national staff driver killed and 1 INGO international (Kenyan) wounded when a roadside IED detonated in close proximity to two INGO vehicles near the town of Kismayo. The first vehicle was hit badly and all three people died. The second vehicle carrying staff and a security guard hit the land mine lightly and the staff sitting at the front seat was wounded. Three other civilians were injured (not included) and a local journalist killed (not included). No one claimed responsibility. | Yes | Official Report |
673 | Feb | 2 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.97357 | 71.31842 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff kidnapped as they traveled in the org's marked vehicle during mission to Torkham; released with no ransom paid after 14 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
916 | Feb | 8 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 16 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff killed when armed men entered the ICRC compound. | Yes | Focal Point |
595 | Feb | 12 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Road | 9.600828 | 43.3331445 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (German) staff kidnapped and 1 INGO national staff driver injured by gunmen in northern Somalia- a region disputed by the breakaway states of Puntland and Somaliland; released the next day following an operation by the Somaliland forces. The national staff victim was wounded during the abduction when gunmen opened fire to intercept their vehicle. | Archived | Archived |
1219 | Feb | 14 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 1.33333 | 42.66667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was killed | Yes | Focal Point |
770 | Feb | 19 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded in armed robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
596 | Feb | 25 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 34.6013314 | 73.3794724 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO national staff killed 7 INGO national staff injured and 1 INGO staff missing when the office of the INGO was attacked by a group of six to twelve men carrying guns and grenades. The men entered the office in Mansehra, North West Frontier Province, before opening fire indiscriminately and then setting off three explosive devices. The office building has burned to the ground. The INGO was given no specific warning of a threat to its staff or offices at this time. The motive for the attack is still unknown. | Archived | Archived |
757 | Feb | 25 | 2008 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.828 | 79.93195613 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted by unknown men; released 2 days later in Colombo. | Yes | Focal Point |
668 | Mar | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Office/compound | 11.6817323 | 29.4984751 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Youths | 2 INGO international (American) staff, a husband and wife, were attacked and beaten by a mob of students in a predominantly Christian in the town of Julud in southern Sudan. The reasons for the attack are still unclear, but the INGO said the two were targeted during a student protest against a local school rising tuition fees. The students attacked the victims and ransacked their office. | Yes | Focal Point | |
736 | Mar | 5 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A NGO national staff shot and killed by unknown armed persons. | Archived | Archived |
1220 | Mar | 7 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff injured while being attacked by a civilian in southern Sudan. | Yes | Focal Point |
705 | Mar | 10 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed by armed man within Mogadishu city limits; the motive for the attack is believed to be a personal, family-oriented dispute. | Archived | Archived |
597 | Mar | 15 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Turkish) staff killed and 2 INGO international staff injured when a bomb exploded in a restaurant in Pakistan's capital at dinner time. 11 others injured in the blast (not included) | Yes | Focal Point |
737 | Mar | 17 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.75635 | 66.8972 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver died from serious injuries when the INGO vehicle traveling from Mazar-e-Sharif to Jawzjan Province came under small arms fire attack by two unknown individuals riding a motorcycle. The other vehicle occupant escaped unharmed. | Yes | Official Report |
598 | Mar | 20 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.4208997 | 23.0738882 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 UN national staff of state water corporation team partner program, hijacked and kidnapped. | Archived | Archived |
936 | Mar | 21 | 2008 | TD | Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 15.1256549 | 22.2476009 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff driver shot at his home and later died. When the driver opened said, the intruder shot him in the abdomen with a pistol. The driver was transported to hospital where he passed away around 01 h 30. | Yes | Focal Point |
599 | Mar | 22 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 9.38367 | 28.80767 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff contracted drivers on their way to the Abyei state were stabbed to death by six assailants. | Yes | Focal Point |
738 | Mar | 23 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 36.83333 | 65.83333 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 5 NGO national staff killed and 7 NGO national staff injured when a convoy consisting of four vehicles came under SAF attack in Surkh Tepa area of Faizabad District. | Archived | Archived |
600 | Mar | 24 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
718 | Mar | 24 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Public location | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 2 INGO national staff were kidnapped at Bakara market area by suspected AOGs. | Yes | Focal Point |
739 | Mar | 24 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.72896 | 68.857 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed when their vehicle came under small arms fire attack in Archi District, Wazer Khil area of Kunduz Province. The vehicle was en route from Arich District to Kunduz city. | Archived | Archived |
601 | Apr | 1 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 0.433333 | 41.6 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN international (1 British, 1 Kenyan) staff contractors seized by unknown gunmen in southern Somalia on their way to Buale. Taken to Jilib town 280km south of Mogadishu. | Archived | Archived |
1221 | Apr | 1 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 15.5933247 | 32.5356502 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff member was injured during a robbery attack in Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
695 | Apr | 3 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 16 | 26 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff injured when three armed men entered the compound, punched and kicked a member of staff to force him to hand over valuables and then locked him in his room. | Archived | Archived |
791 | Apr | 3 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and injured during an attack while driving in a private vehicle. | Yes | Focal Point |
792 | Apr | 5 | 2008 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | -3.3634357 | 29.8870575 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and injured during a robbery attack at his private residence. | Yes | Focal Point |
716 | Apr | 7 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 6.75 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN national staff (contracted driver and assistant) were shot and killed by unknown assailants after delivering humanitarian food supplies to the town of Rumbek, southern Sudan. | Archived | Archived |
706 | Apr | 8 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 15.450513 | 36.399923 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff (cleaner) was taken from his/her bed, beaten and stabbed in the hand. It appears to be a personal dispute. | Archived | Archived |
771 | Apr | 9 | 2008 | MW | Malawi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -13.2687204 | 33.9301963 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff severely injured in an armed robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
667 | Apr | 11 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.9897121 | 68.8733495 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff (doctor and a driver) were kidnapped while travelling between Kabul and Kunduz. | Archived | Archived |
674 | Apr | 21 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.97357 | 71.31842 | Unknown | Criminal | Unknown | 3 UN national staff (two staff and a guard) were abducted earlier on Monday as they were travelling through the Khyber region, towards the Afghan border; released unharmed after security forces attacked the kidnap gang. | Archived | Archived |
719 | Apr | 21 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver aid shot and killed and 1 UN national staff guard injured delivering food on a main transport route between North and South Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
773 | Apr | 23 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 30 | 70 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted and held for 8 days. Motive deemed 'political'. | Yes | Focal Point |
740 | Apr | 28 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.7581256 | 66.8980826 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed. The body of the staff member was found in close proximity to the victim | Archived | Archived |
772 | Apr | 30 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in attempted robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
690 | May | 2008 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.6125522 | 13.1535811 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was the victim of an armed robbery on the way home late at night, and was severely beaten in the process. | Archived | Archived | |
602 | May | 1 | 2008 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.5288319 | 21.0410733 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff shot and killed while traveling in a three-car convoy of relief agencies near the Sudanese border. The convoy was stopped by a group of armed men who opened fire. The killing took place just 9 km (6 miles) east of Forchana, where French marines serving in the EU force (EUFOR) have set up a base and have been sending out regular patrols in the region. | Yes | Focal Point |
707 | May | 2 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 1 | 41.5 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard killed- ICU supporters in a minibus were stopped by Awdhegle District TFG troops at a check point 1-2 Kms out of the town. The ICU and TFG District forces exchanged small arms fire prompting INGO security guards who thought they were under attacked to open fire. During the incident 2 other people were killed (1TFG and 1 ICU supporter). | Archived | Archived |
774 | May | 6 | 2008 | NI | Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 13 | -85 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | 1 INGO international staff abducted by 'disgruntled beneficiary' and held for two days. | Yes | Focal Point |
603 | May | 7 | 2008 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.20376135 | 34.34841239 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (Zimbabwean) staff killed by unidentified gunmen in remote northwestern Kenya. Victim ambushed late on Wednesday while driving near a UN camp in Lokichoggio, the main humanitarian operations hub for South Sudan. | Archived | Archived |
671 | May | 7 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.6507279 | 48.3009945 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver died after being shot at a checkpoint in central Somalia. The incident occurred when a convoy of 12 UN contracted trucks, loaded with food, was stopped by militiamen demanding money at an illegal checkpoint, 30 kilometres north of Galkayo in Mudug region. A militiaman opened fire on the trucks, and shot one of the drivers who later died in hospital. The 275 metric tons of food aboard the trucks was not looted. | Yes | Focal Point |
720 | May | 8 | 2008 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Home | 31.491189 | 34.444111 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 1 UN national staff school teacher killed at home in Gaza in an operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces. | Yes | Focal Point |
670 | May | 15 | 2008 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.934287 | 79.8532704 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver in Sri Lanka has been missing and assumed kidnapped. Victim was last seen when he dropped off some colleagues at the country office in Colombo on Thursday 15th May. He has now been missing for six months and there has been no contact with him, neither directly or by phone. | Archived | Archived |
708 | May | 17 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 0.433333 | 41.6 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff senior project officer working in Kismayo was assassinated. The motive of the killing is not clear. | Archived | Archived |
721 | May | 17 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 1 | 41.5 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 1 NGO national staff and 1 INGO international staff killed. The victims were working in coastal villages of Kismayo and Badhadhe districts and abducted by Al-Shabab members, executed on 1 June 2008. | Archived | Archived |
758 | May | 20 | 2008 | MW | Malawi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -13.9388211 | 33.9169552 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff (driver) abducted after stopping by armed men who forced him to drive them. The driver saw a motorcyclist following them and the two men in his vehicle were phoning him giving each other instructions on how to attack the driver and get away with the vehicle. Upon hearing this, the driver decided to stop the vehicle removed the keys and ran away.In the process the robbers tore his shirt and cut him in the head with a knife.When the villagers came out for his rescue, the robbers fled without stealing anything from the vehicle. | Yes | Focal Point |
971 | May | 20 | 2008 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Unknown | Unknown | -3.9885728 | 138.3485219 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded when sexually assaulted. | Yes | Focal Point |
604 | May | 21 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 1.8427539 | 44.5937239 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 2 INGO international (Italian) staff and 1 INGO national staff kidnapped by gunmen in the Lower Shabelle region. The gunmen blindfolded the guards, then abducted the aid workers at the offices in Awdigle town, 65 km south of Mogadishu. The Italians were a man and a woman - released Aug 5. Reportedly senior LNGO director was killed by the AOG at the above mentioned location after allegedly found with enough evidence to have spied for the Americans. | Archived | Archived |
605 | May | 21 | 2008 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 18.48333 | -72.31667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO intenational (Canadian) staff medical aid worker kidnapped. Victim was abducted from an upscale Tomasin neighbourhood by suspected kidnapping network that has been working in the area for months. Released by captors shortly before midnight Wednesday night. | Archived | Archived |
725 | May | 21 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff kidnaped in NWFP Pakistan during a road movement; released unharmed 3 weeks later. | Archived | Archived |
606 | May | 22 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Unknown | 5 | 47 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 1 national RC driver shot and killed by two unidentified men armed with pistols overnight Thursday. The driver, rented his personal car for the use of the organization's humanitarian operations in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galgadud region. There was no motive available for the fatal shooting of the driver, but local sources expressed their suspicion that anti-government groups are responsible for the killing. | Archived | Archived |
607 | Jun | 2 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO national staff and 1 UN national staff kidnapped by Somali gunmen. | Archived | Archived |
709 | Jun | 2 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 5.30895 | 45.88296 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Guri | Archived | Archived |
608 | Jun | 8 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff security guard killed. | Archived | Archived |
609 | Jun | 11 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff (a director and his driver) were shot and killed by four men driving Suzuki vehicle. The killers took the vehicle, laptop computer, one mobile phone and a guard. Unconfirmed reports indicating that the killers are from the TFG forces based at Fagah road junction in Yaqshid district. Motive of the killing is not yet clear. | Archived | Archived |
610 | Jun | 12 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.71437 | 44.50902 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff driver shot and killed by Somali gunmen while driving in a convoy of trucks taking relief food from Mogadishu to the Bay and Bakool regions. | Yes | Focal Point |
710 | Jun | 12 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.1464622 | 45.1193096 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff killed by unidentified men armed with pistols. Victim was a Ugandan teacher working with an INGO based in Merka. The deceased was an English teacher teaching language classes for the IDPs families at the above mentioned location. Motive of the killing is not yet established. | Archived | Archived |
697 | Jun | 13 | 2008 | MZ | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -25.9662133 | 32.5674498 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted by carjackers, forced to go with them, chased by the police who shot one of the car jackers forcing the car to crash. | Archived | Archived |
611 | Jun | 16 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 5 | 47 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO natonal staff abducted near El-Dheer town in Galgadud region- the second staff member of the INGO to be abducted in six weeks. | Yes | Focal Point |
741 | Jun | 19 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 36.727865 | 68.867998 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff (a guard and doctor) killed by the intruders, who then escaped leaving the facility undamaged. An unconfirmed number of individuals arrived at a clinic run by an INGO with intent to burn it down. | Archived | Archived |
612 | Jun | 21 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff taken from their home near Mogadishu around 8 pm. A group of men forcibly took the victim from his house; released 27th August 2008. Information indicated that criminals after financial gain could be behind his kidnapping and ICU would have mediated for his release. Sources also indicate that a ransom of between 40-60,000 USD would have been paid. | Archived | Archived |
711 | Jun | 23 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 4.73583 | 45.20361 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot and killed by two unidentified young men armed with pistols in Beletweyn. The motive behind the killing is not yet established. | Archived | Archived |
775 | Jun | 25 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Unknown | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff hospitalized after shooting. Motive deemed as 'theft'. | Yes | Focal Point |
618 | Jun | 27 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 4.824871 | 31.607858 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN international (Ugandan) staff truck driver ambushed and killed after delivering food supplies to the agency's warehouse in Juba. Assistant escaped after steering the truck to a stop 300 metres from the site of the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
614 | Jun | 29 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff (staff member and a driver) killed by unknown gunmen in El-Berde, 420 km northwest of Mogadishu. The victims were killed while travelling in a vehicle, having just left work. The organization suspends operations. | Archived | Archived |
615 | Jun | 30 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff of a UN partner organization kidnapped and later shot dead in Mogadishu. Not clear why targeted, but local sources said a deputy had survived a hand grenade attack over the weekend in Afgoye, a town 30km south of Mogadishu. There were unconfirmed reports that the killing might be linked to a financial dispute. | Archived | Archived |
616 | Jun | 30 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Host state | Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (armed faction) | 4 INGO national staff and 1 UN national staff kidnapped near Elasha Biha area by ARS armed wing. | Archived | Archived |
619 | Jun | 30 | 2008 | TZ | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -3.4275339 | 36.70858482 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Australian) staff charity worker been shot dead in Tanzania. Victim had been working in the town of Arusha in northern Tanzania for the past 18 months and was killed on Monday during a robbery. | Yes | Official Report |
793 | Jul | 1 | 2008 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.02497 | 38.74689 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff in Ethiopia was shot and injured by armed robbers on the road between Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa, while travelling on private business , 1 July 2008. | Yes | Focal Point |
742 | Jul | 4 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 35.3 | 70.833333 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) | 3 INGO national staff killed and one wounded when IMF conducted air strikes, against a reported AOG group. 22 civilians had been killed and seven others injured as a result of the strikes (not included). | Archived | Archived |
620 | Jul | 6 | 2008 | 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 | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed by gunmen in Mogadishu. Victim shot leaving a mosque in the Bulohube district, in the south of the city, and died later in hospital. Several witnesses said a second man, whose identity has yet to be established, was seriously wounded in the attack (not included), which appeared to be premeditated. | Archived | Archived |
624 | Jul | 7 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 2.71437 | 44.50902 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was killed and three others wounded (not included) when 29 trucks carrying food aid to Bay and Bakol had been stopped by local police and militia at a checkpoint. | Yes | Focal Point |
743 | Jul | 7 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 3 INGO national staff kidnapped by an AOG element. One of the INGO national staff (who is also reported to have been working with/or having association with a GoA office as well) along with 2 companions were traveling in a local taxi on the Kandahar | Archived | Archived |
744 | Jul | 10 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Office/compound | 30.5 | 62 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff kidnapped and found dead. The viticm was a NSP related engineer reported missing after attending a private party and dropped off at an office he was staying at. This staff member is reported as being from out of province whose only purpose for being in Nimroz was attending the party. He was subsequently found deceased on the 12th of July in Chakansour District, the victim of knife wounds. At this time it is unclear who the perpetrators were or why he was killed. | Archived | Archived |
625 | Jul | 11 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.06697 | 45.20723 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed in Elasha, south of Mogadishu by gunmen who fled. Gunmen shot dead the senior local aid worker on Friday. The charity had suspended all its operations in the area. | Archived | Archived |
712 | Jul | 12 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 5 | 47 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot and killed by unidentified armed gunmen. The motive of the killing remains unclear. | Archived | Archived |
623 | Jul | 13 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 1.33333 | 42.66667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contractor was gunned down in the southern Somali town of Buale. | Yes | Focal Point |
627 | Jul | 18 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.725113 | 66.2196554 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (French) staff abducted by unidentified gunmen in Nili, the capital of Daykundi Province in central Afghanistan, 18 July. The INGO temporarily suspended its operations across the country for security reasons. | Yes | Focal Point |
629 | Jul | 18 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Unknown | 12.9096 | 23.47406 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Three UN national staff beaten to death by a mob on Thursday in the region near the border with Chad in circumstances that are still unclear. | Archived | Archived |
630 | Jul | 19 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national stafff driver who was hired by a local NGO partner of the INGO in Darfur, to take staff home, was killed on Wednesday, July 19. Victim was stopped on the road from Mershing to Nyala and was shot and killed by a man carrying a weapon. | Yes | Focal Point |
698 | Jul | 21 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 15.450513 | 36.399923 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard shot dead while on personal business. It subsequently became known that the victim was involved in a rebel group and the killing may have been politically motivated. | Archived | Archived |
794 | Jul | 25 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff physically assaulted while travelling on private business in Nyala and sustained injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
628 | Jul | 26 | 2008 | TD | Chad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.833056 | 20.834722 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international staff shot twice by uniformed men in Abeche, Saturday night, 26 July, at 8:20pm. In a two car convoy entering the compound, the ICRC's staff received impact of bullets in the abdomen- was seriously injured and evacuated in Switzerland for further medical care. A laptop has been stolen during the attack. ICRC says that it is an act of banditry, a carjacking that could have been deadly. The staff has been relocated in Abeche and ICRC is not suspending humanitarian activities but will seriously think about the impact of this attack. | Archived | Archived |
631 | Jul | 27 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.4085 | 42.9771 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff severely wounded Sunday in the southern town of Dinsor by unknown gunmen. Victim's car was stopped on the way between Dinsor and Baidoa, and he was shot several times and left for dead. The gunmen also fled with the victim's car. | Archived | Archived |
795 | Aug | 3 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff, a UN implementing partner staffer, was killed in Kaikuny, 3 August 2008. | Yes | Focal Point |
796 | Aug | 3 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2.1464622 | 45.1193096 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff, a UN implementing partner staffer, was killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
632 | Aug | 6 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 2.09955 | 45.16352 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed by unknown gunmen Wednesday on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. Victim was at home not far from the organization's center when the gunmen shot him six times on the head. Victim was taken to hospital and later died. | Archived | Media |
713 | Aug | 12 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 3.72496 | 43.28727 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 1 INGO national staff killed and two women wounded (not included) in a crossfire that involved al-Shabaab militias and Wajid airstrip guards. The guards were reportedly asked to hand over their weapons to the al-Shabaab militias which they refused prompting a shootout. | Archived | Archived |
633 | Aug | 13 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34 | 69.25 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO international (1 British-Canadian, 1 Canadian, 1 Trinidadian-American) staff and 1 INGO national staff driver killed and 1 INGO national staff injured when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle near the capital Kabul. The INGO had "suspended its humanitarian aid programmes in Afghanistan indefinitely" following the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
634 | Aug | 15 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 2.4085 | 42.9771 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff including a driver were killed by gunmen in southern Somalia. The staffer was killed after being abducted, trying to escape. The incident happened when he was off duty, visiting his home in Dinsor. | Yes | Focal Point |
776 | Aug | 15 | 2008 | SV | El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 13.692667 | -89.218216 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff of local partners murdered. Motive deemed 'personal'. | Yes | Focal Point |
635 | Aug | 19 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 36.7175566 | 68.8672916 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff found murdered in the region of Kunduz, 19 August. Victim was abducted while driving an INGO vehicle. The motives behind this murder are still unclear. | Archived | Archived |
745 | Aug | 20 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 34.9897121 | 68.8733495 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed and 5 NGO national staff wounded when their locally run, internationally funded, NGO vehicle was struck by an IED. | Archived | Archived |
636 | Aug | 21 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -0.36667 | 42.53333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot in the head when leaving his home by an unknown assailant on Thursday. | Archived | Media |
699 | Aug | 24 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO staff (3 national, 1 intl) were badly shaken and suffered injuries incl whiplash, hearing loss when a two car INGO convoy was attacked by an RCIED. | Archived | Archived |
637 | Aug | 26 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 34.430247 | 70.448678 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Japanese) staff agriculture specialist kidnapped at gunpoint with his driver (not included) in eastern Afghanistan near the city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, and a spokesman for the Taliban has claimed the group was involved. It said the driver was released soon afterward. The Foreign Ministry said victim was the first Japanese to be kidnapped in Afghanistan. The victims body was later found and had been riddled with bullets. | Archived | Media |
777 | Aug | 26 | 2008 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted for what the INGO deemed a 'likely scam". | Yes | Focal Point |
797 | Aug | 30 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and injured while travelling in a private vehicle in Merka, 30 August 2008. | Yes | Focal Point |
746 | Aug | 31 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed when two armed men wearing masks on motorbike forcefully entered into a Basic Health Clinic belonging to the NGO. Upon entering the compound, they initiated an attack against a national staff member killing her. There was a total of five staff members (including the midwife, Community Supervisor, 2 guards, and the Clinic Supervisor) present at the time of the incident. The perpetrators also stole mobile phones and other valuable belongings. The remaining 4 staff members who were left uninjured are now under investigation by the Government. No one has claimed the responsibility for the incident so far. | Archived | Archived |
778 | Sep | 3 | 2008 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was the victim of a 'major assault' and hospitalized . Motive deemed 'personal'. | Yes | Focal Point |
647 | Sep | 15 | 2008 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 5.8506231 | 120.0284035 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff kidnapped and held for ransom September 15 in Tipo-tipo town; five total aid workers kidnapped, three released same day . The armed men holding the staff were demanding a P7-million ransom. One staff freed at dawn on Oct. 30 after family and the NGO paid | Archived | Archived |
638 | Sep | 16 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34 | 69.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Bangladeshi) staff abducted by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan. | Archived | Archived |
747 | Sep | 16 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 32 | 67.25 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff and 2 ANP escorts (not included) killed when their vehicle suffered a remote control IED strike. | Archived | Archived |
937 | Sep | 18 | 2008 | TD | Chad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 12.225592 | 21.4101617 | Economic | Host state | Chadian Armed Forces | 2 INGO national staff guards wounded. | Yes | Focal Point |
969 | Sep | 21 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded in armed robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
639 | Sep | 22 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.53056 | 44.795 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (1 female Japanese, 1 male Dutch) staff abducted from the Ogaden region that borders Somalia; released 7 January 2009. | Archived | Archived |
970 | Sep | 22 | 2008 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 32.2204986 | 35.2568883 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff wounded in when military firearms discharged. | Yes | Focal Point |
683 | Sep | 23 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 36.7175566 | 68.8672916 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff shot and wounded by an Afghan police officer claiming to have mistaken the victim for a suicide bomber as he approached a road block on foot. | Archived | Archived |
779 | Sep | 24 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff of the local partners killed in ambush. Motive deemed political. | Yes | Focal Point |
640 | Sep | 25 | 2008 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 1.91667 | 30.5 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff cash-for-work worker killed, and 1 INGO national staff wounded. The personnel were attacked by an armed group while repairing a road along the Bunia-Iga-Nioka highway, in the territory of Djugu, 15 September. The attackers also took US$10,000, according to local authorities. | Archived | Archived |
1213 | Sep | 28 | 2008 | SL | Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.2770009 | -10.5739431 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was violently attacked when returning to work base from a weekend with family. | Archived | Archived |
798 | Sep | 29 | 2008 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 19.75778 | -72.20417 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in Cap-Haitien allegedly because of a private dispute (investigation continues). | Yes | Focal Point |
714 | Oct | 5 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Home | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff guard killed when unidentified man hurled a hand grenade to a house of international organization | Yes | Focal Point |
641 | Oct | 6 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN international (Italian) staff and one UN national staff were wounded and one UN national staff driver was killed in a remote-controlled IED attack in southern Somalia. Those wounded were not in critical condition, but the driver died on the way to the hospital. | Archived | Archived |
1222 | Oct | 10 | 2008 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff injured when trying to come out from the fighting area on A9 Road and closer to Omanthai. The victim's left leg was injured in an artillery shelling. | Yes | Focal Point |
724 | Oct | 15 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver and a bystander (not included) injured when two armed men attempted to kidnap a senior INGO officer. | Archived | Archived |
642 | Oct | 17 | 2008 | 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 | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed by unknown gunmen. Victim was shot three times when leaving a mosque Friday evening in the port town of Merka. | Yes | Focal Point |
780 | Oct | 17 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 30 | 70 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted and released after 6 days. Motive deemed 'personal' | Yes | Focal Point |
799 | Oct | 17 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff was injured during a shooting incident in Merka. | Yes | Focal Point |
938 | Oct | 17 | 2008 | TD | Chad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 13.833056 | 20.834722 | Economic | Host state | Chadian Armed Forces | 2 INGO national staff guards wounded. | Yes | Focal Point |
643 | Oct | 18 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 4.12129 | 43.88945 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 1 UN national staff shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the southern town of Hudur on Sunday. The chairman of Hudur claimed Islamist insurgents from the al Shabaab group were controlling the town. | Archived | Media |
644 | Oct | 20 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (British/South African) staff shot dead by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles in Kabul early Monday. The aid worker was one of a team of women working with a faith-based INGO directing projects for the disabled. | Archived | Archived |
1214 | Oct | 22 | 2008 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff kidnapped for ransom. Deemed "non-work related" by agency. Released, 23 October 2008. | Yes | Focal Point |
1215 | Oct | 27 | 2008 | LK | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Ambush | Unknown | 8.4594924 | 81.2309621 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff in Sri Lanka was injured during a hand grenade attack at a police checkpoint in Batticaloa. | Yes | Focal Point |
646 | Oct | 28 | 2008 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | National Congress for the Defence of the People | 1 INGO national staff 'magasinier' (warehouse manager) killed when Goma was almost taken by the CNDP, Oct 28. | Archived | Archived |
645 | Oct | 29 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Vehicle-born IED | Raid | Office/compound | 9.560335 | 44.069722 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN national staff security assistant and a driver killed and 6 UN national staff were critically injured in the blast from a suicide vehicle bombing at a UN agency coumpound. An unknown vehicle driven by an unknown male individual drove up to the compound main gate and requested permission to enter. The vehicle and the driver were denied access and the vehicle proceeded to ram the entrance gate. | Archived | Archived |
1211 | Oct | 29 | 2008 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -1.157667 | 29.4312218 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff wounded when attacked as they sought to flee the town of Kiwanja, two hours north of Goma, October 29. Eight INGO vehicles carrying the three foreigners (there was also a Guinean doctor), all the Congolese staff not originally from the region, and some of their family members (a total of 28 persons), drove a few kilometres toward the Monuc base. There they joined other humanitarian vehicles and formed a "protected" convoy, with UN tanks and Uruguayan peacekeepers in the front and back of the line. | Archived | Archived |
648 | Nov | 3 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff kidnapped by gunmen off a neighborhood street Monday; released on 3 December. | Archived | Archived |
650 | Nov | 5 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 5 | 47 | Other | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Four INGO international (2 French, 1 Bulgarian and 1 Belgian) staff and 2 Kenyan pilots (not included) kidnapped when a group of 40-50 militiamen with 3 technicals and 3 cars stormed the airstrip, after EC Flight (D-228) landed and finished offloading, taken hostages who were waiting to board the plane destined to Nairobi the two pilots. The INGO guards apparently did not try to repel the attackers and there were suspicions of a possible INGO connection with the kidnappers. Preliminary information indicates that a non-highly ideological Al-Shabab group would be behind the kidnapping. | Yes | Focal Point |
651 | Nov | 8 | 2008 | 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 | 0.06968 | 42.74497 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff fatally shot by two gunmen when walking out of a mosque in Jamame, about 275 miles from the capital of Mogadishu. It is unclear who is behind the killings. | Archived | Archived |
748 | Nov | 9 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.3508273 | 62.2164003 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff nurse killed when an IED exploded on the road to Shirzad village targeting an Afghan government vehicle. All the other occupants of the vehicle died (not included). The security team consisting of representatives from the various departments were visiting the village in connection with an investigation of a previous homicide. | Archived | Archived |
652 | Nov | 12 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 donor agency international (American) staff assassinated in his car Wednesday morning. The staff member and his Pakistani driver were shot as their car approached the house in Peshawar where the victim ran a project to bring small-scale projects and jobs to the Federally Administered Tribal Area, a stronghold of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Pakistani officials in Peshawar said they did not know who was responsible for the shooting at around 8 a.m. in a residential area of the city known as University Town. | Archived | Archived |
654 | Nov | 26 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 34.405904 | 70.359338 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contract worker in Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, was shot dead in front of elders at a meeting on 26 November of the local shura at Lower Sheikh Mesri, a temporary settlement for returnees. The murderer has not been identified and reasons for the attack remain unclear. The victim was active on women's causes. | Archived | Archived |
715 | Nov | 26 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Unknown | Host state | Transitional Federal Government forces (TFG) | 1 INGO national staff was reportedly shot and killed by TFG soldiers. | Archived | Archived |
653 | Nov | 27 | 2008 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 8.4594924 | 81.2309621 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed in Batticalao District. | Archived | Archived |
655 | Nov | 28 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Detention | Unknown | 0.433333 | 41.6 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed: Approximately 30 persons made up of INGO local staff, LNGO staff, teachers. | Archived | Archived |
656 | Nov | 29 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff guard and his brother (not counted) were kidnapped by four armed men on motorbikes. On 30 November, after being questioned by the perpetrators, only the brother was released. The fate of the INGO staff member is currently uncertain; however, the rationale behind the incident appears to stem from a personal dispute between neighbors. | Archived | Archived |
658 | Nov | 30 | 2008 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in Kabul on Sunday, when he was caught in a suicide attack against a passing vehicle. The victim was riding his bicycle in the area when the bomb exploded receiving lethal shrapnel wounds. | Yes | Official Report |
972 | Dec | 3 | 2008 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Unknown | Unknown | -3.9885728 | 138.3485219 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded when sexually assaulted. | Yes | Focal Point |
660 | Dec | 4 | 2008 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 6 INGO national staff injured when masked men armed with an AK-47 and hand grenade abducted and beat up the victims on the road to a volatile camp Darfur. The aid workers had been in a convoy heading to Kalma camp in south Darfur. The six aid workers - all Sudanese - are employed by an international aid organisation, which asked not to be named. Three of them were taken to hospital after the attack. | Archived | Archived |
1216 | Dec | 6 | 2008 | MZ | Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | -19.8287068 | 34.8417821 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff in Mozambique injured during a armed robbery attack in Beira. | Yes | Focal Point |
661 | Dec | 8 | 2008 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Unknown | 0.046821 | 40.310412 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff nurse attacked and wounded by gunmen in a northern Kenya region which hosts camps for Somali refugees. | Archived | Archived |
1212 | Dec | 10 | 2008 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -1.6205601 | 29.1556919 | Unknown | Host state | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | 1 INGO national staff attacked by FARDC elements in Nzulo, in Masisi territory, on the road towards Sake, 10 December. The victim was hospitalized and is in critical condition. | Archived | Archived |
663 | Dec | 11 | 2008 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -2.505541 | 28.859569 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed on Thursday night by his home in the center of Bukavu. | Archived | Archived |
662 | Dec | 13 | 2008 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Transitional Federal Government forces (TFG) | 1 ICRC national staff armed guard escorting an ICRC vehicle in Mogadishu was shot at by TFG police and died on the spot. Both the ICRC officer and his driver were briefly detained and then released. The ICRC is in contact with the relevant authorities in order to shed light on the circumstances of the incident. | Yes | Focal Point |
665 | Dec | 15 | 2008 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -1.2003611 | 29.4308888 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 INGO national staff driver injured on Monday, 15 December 2008 in Burai, a few km outside of Rutshuru town. Their vehicle was attacked by a group of unidentified armed men. | Archived | Archived |
664 | Dec | 15 | 2008 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.5428894 | 44.4006912 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Bani Dhabian tribe | 1 INGO international (German) staff and their visiting parents (not included) were kidnapped in Dhamar province, located about 65 miles south of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, Dec. 15 ; released 19 December. Kidnappers, who belong to the powerful Bani Dhabian tribe, abducted the three as they drove their car outside the historic city of Rada'a, about 130 kilometers south of Sana'a. Tribal sources said five men armed with AK-47 rifles snatched the three Germans from their car as they left Rada'a on the way to Sana'a. | Archived | Media |
669 | Dec | 21 | 2008 | PH | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.916667 | 124.333333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national (Filipino) staff killed by unidentified gunmen who attacked a UN truck on Mindanao island. The truck had just delivered food to hundreds of families displaced by fighting between the government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) when it was ambushed near the town of Calanogas in Lanao del Sur Province on the evening of 21 December. | Archived | Archived |
800 | Dec | 23 | 2008 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 7.33333 | 80.75 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff shot outside office. | Archived | Archived |
672 | Dec | 30 | 2008 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -3.4733471 | 30.2501278 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff killed and 1 INGO international (French) wounded. The two were travelling in a marked vehicle in Ruyigi when the gunman opened fire. The vehicle was not robbed and the reason for the attack was not known. | Yes | Focal Point |
3957 | Jan | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 31.514722 | 34.454167 | Unknown | Unknown | Not applicable | 5 UN staff were killed during the December 2008 - January 2009 conflict. Exact dates and locations are unknown at this time. | Yes | Focal Point | |
681 | Jan | 2 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 30.5 | 62 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 2 INGO international staff and 1 UN international staff kidnapped: AOG abducted 6 persons | Archived | Archived |
801 | Jan | 4 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.54977 | 34.5024697 | Unknown | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 1 UN national staff killed and 2 RC national staff medical personnel wounded while on duty, after an air strike hit a location in Jabaliya. | Yes | Official Report | |
875 | Jan | 5 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Home | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in his house in Gaza, 5 January. | Yes | Official Report |
954 | Jan | 5 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 31.288231 | 34.253606 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
675 | Jan | 6 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Unknown | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 1 INGO national staff of a local NGO partner was killed in an aerial bombing in Gaza. Violence halted most of the INGO's aid distribution in Gaza Strip. | Yes | Focal Point |
676 | Jan | 6 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 3 | 42 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed by three masked gunmen while monitoring school feeding in a UN-supported school in Yubsan village six kilometres from the Gedo region capital of Garbahare. | Yes | Official Report |
682 | Jan | 8 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff killed by gunmen on Thursday as his team distributed aid to displaced people in Daynile, 10km NW of Mogadishu. The gunmen put his body in a vehicle and drove away, then pushed the corpse out of the vehicle before driving on. | Yes | Official Report |
802 | Jan | 8 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Ambush | Road | 31.4772871 | 34.3215106 | Unknown | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 1 UN national staff driver killed and 1 UN national staff driver injured when UN convoy was hit by tank shell in Gaza. UN suspended all operations. | Archived | Archived |
816 | Jan | 8 | 2009 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 4 | 97 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (French) staff was in critical condition after being stabbed by a resident of Rinon Village, Aceh Besar. The victim was stabbed in a camp in the village at 5.30 a.m. by a local Acehnese who had been identified as Edi Miswar. | Archived | Archived |
904 | Jan | 8 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.491189 | 34.444111 | Unknown | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 1 UN national staff killed in Gaza during a drone strike, 8 January. | Yes | Focal Point |
1223 | Jan | 12 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Shelling | Unknown | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO national staff were injured in artillery shelling in Mullativeu. | Yes | Focal Point |
803 | Jan | 13 | 2009 | KH | Cambodia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 13.5066394 | 104.869423 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO international (Canadian) staff on ashort term mission was attacked and beaten into a coma in apparent robbery and later died from the injuries. | Archived | Archived |
1224 | Jan | 14 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Unknown | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was injured in artillery shelling on his left leg and relocated to Vavuniya in April 2009 - now recovered. | Yes | Focal Point |
804 | Jan | 15 | 2009 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 5.8506231 | 120.0284035 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Abu Sayyaf | 2 ICRC international (1 Swiss, 1 Itallian) staff and 1 ICRC national staff kidnapped on Island of Jolo by Abu Sayyaf rebels. National staffer was freed April 2. Swiss freed on 17 April. Italian freed 11 July. | Yes | Focal Point |
905 | Jan | 15 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 31.491189 | 34.444111 | Unknown | Host State | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | 2 UN national staff killed at home during a bombardment in Gaza, 15 January. | Yes | Official Report |
805 | Jan | 17 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 34.846628 | 71.09726 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff doctor kidnapped by a group of armed men who attaked an NGO clinic in Kunar. Whereabouts unknown. It is unclear whether the attack and abduction were conducted by AOG or criminal elements. | Yes | Official Report |
806 | Jan | 19 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Home | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO international staff and 3 INGO national staff attacked and seriously hurt, including one who was raped and two others sexually assaulted, in raid/robbery of their house in Goma. | Archived | Archived |
1104 | Jan | 28 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 13.4435 | 22.4452278 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO guard was tied up by rope and beaten by unknown armed men who had jumped over the perimeter fence of an INGO office. The men stole radios, tires and chairs, and threatened the guards. | Yes | Official Report |
807 | Feb | 1 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.6618741 | 72.0639872 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff shot and killed and 1 INGO national staff wounded, in fighting in Swat, as they tried to bring wounded for treatment. The NGO suspended all activities in Swat, including life-saving operations. | Archived | Archived |
808 | Feb | 2 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Balochistan Liberation United Front | 1 UN international (American) staff official kidnapped and 1 UN national staff driver was killed when gunmen working for the Balochistan Liberation United Front stopped their vehicle; released two months later, 4 April. | Archived | Archived |
809 | Feb | 2 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 8.7593439 | 80.4999646 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff abducted and killed 8 days later | Archived | Archived |
1225 | Feb | 2 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was injured in an artillery shelling on his arm and the side of his body. Victim was relocated and arrived in Vavuniye on 23 Feb. He was treated and released from the hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
810 | Feb | 17 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An INGO national staffer was shot and killed following threatening letters from armed opposition groups warning residents to cease working for the Afghan government and foreign entities. | Yes | Official Report |
811 | Feb | 20 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Home | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff security guard killed and 1 NGO national staff wounded when armed men attacked the home of a local NGO worker. | Archived | Archived |
812 | Feb | 21 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed when bandits opened fire on a passenger bus. | Archived | Archived |
813 | Feb | 26 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32 | 67.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff physicians kidnapped by unknown armed men in southern Zabul province Thursday. | Archived | Archived |
942 | Mar | 1 | 2009 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Unknown | 5.9526975 | 43.5522312 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured when her vehicle was attacked by civilians thowing stones. | Yes | Focal Point |
963 | Mar | 2 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Unknown | 8.7593439 | 80.4999646 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted security guard was injured during a break-in attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
817 | Mar | 4 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff in Vanni was killed by shelling Wednesday around 5:00 p.m. while return from sending some of the seriously wounded patients from Maaththa'lan hospital in ICRC ship. | Archived | Archived |
818 | Mar | 6 | 2009 | MZ | Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Mob violence | Project site | -15.11646 | 39.2666 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 3 national Red Cross workers killed by mobs accusing them of deliberately infecting water sources with the agent that causes cholera. They were, in fact, disinfecting the water with chlorine. | Archived | Archived |
957 | Mar | 7 | 2009 | LR | Liberia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 6.26752 | -10.70908 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Police | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted by police. | Yes | Focal Point |
814 | Mar | 10 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 16 | 26 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO intenational (Canadian nurse, Italian doctor, French coordinator) staff and 2 INGO national staff abducted at gunpoint from their home in Saraf Omra, North Darfur. Another national staff taken was released the same day (not included here). Other two nationals released the next day. Internationals freed March 13, with no ransom paid, according to the organization. Led to withdrawal to Khartoum. | Archived | Archived |
819 | Mar | 14 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff driver injured when UN agency-hired commercial truck transporting food supplies from El Obeid to Nyala was attacked by two armed bandits. The perpetrators, in an attempt to stop the vehicle, fired one shot which hit the driver on the arm. Though injured, the driver did not stop and continued to Nyala. Upon arrival, he was admitted to the Nyala Teaching hospital. | Archived | Archived |
820 | Mar | 14 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.2859776 | 80.7161013 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | 1 UN national staff injured: On Saturday (March 14) a UN aid worker who sustained injuries due to LTTE attacks was rescued by security forces in general area Puthukkudiyirippu. | Archived | Archived |
823 | Mar | 14 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 7.878 | 80.70382459 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | A UN national staffer kidnapped and forcibly conscripted by LTTE along with 3 dependents (not included). | Yes | Official Report |
821 | Mar | 15 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 36.727865 | 68.867998 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff injured when stopped by four armed individuals riding motorcycles.The employee was beaten and robbed of his valuables as well as his own motorcycle.After the beating he was released and warned against working with NGOs. | Yes | Official Report |
822 | Mar | 15 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.99267 | 68.01635 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 1 NGO national staff driver was abducted with his vehicle in the vicinity of Ghandak village, early evening of 16 March. Following reported negotiations between the ANP and AOG elements, the NGO worker was released the next day. The NGO vehicle is believed to be still in the possession of AOG. | Archived | Archived |
824 | Mar | 16 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 3.80958 | 43.24628 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 UN international (1 Azerbaijan, 1 Ghanean, 1 French) staff and 1 UN national staff abducted in Wajid, southern Somalia. They have been abducted by gunmen despite their own armed escort - and with no shots fired - as they prepared to leave the country for Nairobi. | Archived | Archived |
825 | Mar | 16 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff guard injured when an unknown man threw a hand grenade into a UN agency compound in Mogadishu. | Archived | Archived |
826 | Mar | 16 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff gravely wounded (leg severed) as a result of shelling in the no fire zone, and later died due to lack of medical care. | Yes | Focal Point |
827 | Mar | 18 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contractor shot dead in Mogadishu overnight by unknown gunmen. | Archived | Archived |
828 | Mar | 21 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 7.75 | 80.16667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded and several of his family members killed (not included) by a shell that hit a shelter Putumattalam last Saturday. | Archived | Media |
829 | Mar | 21 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff was beaten in ambush - 4 national staff of 2 INGOs were returning to | Archived | Archived |
1105 | Mar | 21 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two guards seriously injured when five armed men entered the premises of an INGO clinic. The robbers stole all the medicines and fled. The two guards were treated at the hospital, one for a fractured hand and the other for facial injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
830 | Mar | 23 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff manager shot Monday night in the western Darfur town of Kongo Haraza at home near Sudan's border with Chad. | Archived | Archived |
1106 | Mar | 24 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard beaten up and later treated by a doctor, during an armed robbery by some 19 men who entered the INGO compound. Stole vehicles, chattels and fuel. | Yes | Official Report |
1107 | Mar | 28 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One guard was hit on the head with a gun then tied up by perpetrators and later was taken to the hospital after six armed men scaled the INGO office fence and jumped inside. | Yes | Official Report |
1226 | Mar | 30 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was injured in artillery shelling in Mullativeu with a major injury to stomache. Victim was evacuated along with their family. Earlier on 12 January 2009 he was injured in artillery shelling; his head and recovered. Both incidents happened in the area where ongoing combat operations. According to the information he has under gone a surgery and later recovered. | Yes | Focal Point |
1108 | Apr | 2 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO driver was abducted by eight armed bandits during a carjacking incident. He was released by the bandits and arrived in El Geneina town 3 days later. | Yes | Official Report |
831 | Apr | 3 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 33.96744 | 68.9492 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) | 1 INGO national worker killed: An IMF operation in Tagab Village came under attack from AOG early Friday morning. The ensuing engagement lasted for more than an hour and led to IMF calling in an airstrike on suspected AOG positions. One of the airstrikes hit a civilian compound, killing the INGO worker and injuring several members of his family (not included). | Yes | Official Report |
832 | Apr | 4 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 34.23947 | 70.30154 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff district manager of a microfinance project staying overnight at the NGO district office suffered fatal stab wounds. No money or valuables were kept on site and it is understood that there was no evidence of any theft or damage to property. No further details are known. | Archived | Archived |
833 | Apr | 4 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Falcons for the Liberation of Africa | 2 INGO international (1 French, 1 Canadian) staff kidnapped. 2 INGO national staff kidnapped and released the same day (not included). The internationals (both female) held for 26 days. The workers were snatched on Saturday night from the group's offices south of South Darfur's capital Nyala and around 100 kilometres (65 miles) from the border with Chad. One of the kidnappers, who refused to give his name, named his group as the "Falcons for the Liberation of Africa", saying it was composed of former rebels and members of Arab tribes in Darfur. He said a French group had been targetted to "send a message to the French government to try the people who kidnapped children from Chad." | Archived | Archived | |||
1227 | Apr | 4 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was shot when caught in a crossfire in Mullativu and injured his foot/ankle. Victim recovered after being transferred to Vavuniya hospital and having the bullet removed. | Yes | Focal Point |
834 | Apr | 6 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 34.6013314 | 73.3794724 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO national staff (female aid workers and their male driver) kidnapped and killed after they left Mansehra town to inspect a school for possible funding by a donor agency. | Yes | Focal Point |
950 | Apr | 6 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.84295 | 69.15188 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
835 | Apr | 8 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 7.878 | 80.70382459 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff hit by a shell while getting water for his family in a coastal area in the north held by Tamil Tiger rebels. | Yes | Focal Point |
951 | Apr | 8 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
836 | Apr | 9 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 3.96983 | 42.44122 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 NGO national staff shot and killed by hooded gunmen in a town near the Ethiopian border. The head of the relief group, which operates in southern Somalia, his colleague and the driver were killed as they were leaving for a field trip in a southwestern town on Thursday. | Archived | Archived |
837 | Apr | 12 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Unknown | 33.4014634 | 69.8912294 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff operating in the district was abducted by four armed men as he dismounted his motorbike; released on 19 April at 1600 in Yaqubi District after the victim | Yes | Official Report |
949 | Apr | 14 | 2009 | ZM | Zambia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -8.86667 | 31.3 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured when stabbed by armed robbers at her home. | Yes | Focal Point |
838 | Apr | 15 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Body-borne IED | Ambush | Road | 34.5 | 72 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed by suicide bomb while stopped at a police checkpoint. | Yes | Official Report |
839 | Apr | 16 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed and 1 NGO national staff wounded when bomb ripped through the NGO office in a northern district of Pakistan Thursday morning. A bomb had been planted in the office in a small village near Mardan district by unknown militants | Archived | Archived |
840 | Apr | 18 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 4.12129 | 43.88945 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff and 1 INGO national staff driver abducted. Driver was released, along with the vehicle. | Archived | Archived |
841 | Apr | 18 | 2009 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.41667 | 34.33333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Japanese) staff wounded in military action in Gaza. | Archived | Archived |
815 | Apr | 19 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 4.000003 | 43.999993 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (Belgian doctor, Danish nurse)staff kidnapped on their way back from a project site; released April 28. Their abductors had demanded a ransom. | Archived | Archived |
842 | Apr | 19 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.37272 | 69.40648 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted at an illegal vehicle checkpoint. Gunmen took the staff member after they questioned him and discovered material on him that indicated he was from an INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
843 | Apr | 23 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 9.268 | 80.815 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff director gravely wounded after shells hit St. Anthony's Church in Valaignarmadam on Thursday morning, 23 April. | Archived | Archived |
959 | Apr | 25 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 16 | 26 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was injured during a convoy attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
943 | May | 6 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Unknown | -11.6580347 | 27.4975973 | Unknown | Host State | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted by army soldiers. | Yes | Focal Point |
1109 | May | 6 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Other | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO contracted driver was taken by two armed persons together with two vehicles and released by perpetrators four days later. | Yes | Official Report |
844 | May | 8 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.268 | 80.815 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed in a shell attack at Mullivaikal, Vanni in a No Fire Zone. | Archived | Archived |
845 | May | 13 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 7.878 | 80.70382459 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national RC worker killed along with his mother (not included) during an assault in shelling. | Archived | Archived |
1228 | May | 13 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.16667 | 80.41667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff died as result of shelling near Mullivaikal, in the coastal area held by LTTE. | Yes | Focal Point |
1551 | May | 13 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Home | 6.0201774 | 80.2474836 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One female UN staff member was physically and sexually assaulted while on R&R in country. The motive appears to be political for a number of reasons, including because her belongings were searched during the assault as well as the location where she was treated. | Yes | Focal Point |
1110 | May | 16 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member sustained head injuries during an attack that started when five armed men stopped and diverted an INGO rented truck with four national staff on board. The staff members were held for approximately three hours, robbed and beaten by perpetrators. | Yes | Official Report |
953 | May | 19 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
919 | May | 22 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff kidnapped- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
1111 | May | 26 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.4435 | 22.4452278 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO local staff was ambushed and shot by unknown armed persons while he was traveling on motorcycle. The staff member sustained gunshot wounds on his lower abdomen and was found by passerby, however he died shortly after. | Yes | Official Report |
961 | May | 30 | 2009 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 3 | 35.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was injured during a convoy attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
946 | Jun | 4 | 2009 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.16667 | 36.83333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted by armed robbers while traveling in Kinungi. | Yes | Focal Point |
846 | Jun | 9 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN interntional (1 Filippino, 1 Serbian) staff killed and 8 UN international (1 British, 1 Somali, 1 German) staff wounded in a suicide bomb attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. 10 fatalities in all. | Yes | Official Report |
847 | Jun | 10 | 2009 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 10.2961965 | 22.7809907 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff killed in Birao under unknown circumstances, amid escalating violence. | Archived | Archived |
848 | Jun | 11 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.4594924 | 81.2309621 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff abducted by unidentified armed men arriving in a white van Thursday morning. The victim is employed by and NGO in Vellaave | Archived | Archived |
849 | Jun | 12 | 2009 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Project site | 16.308528 | 43.403557 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO international (German, UK, South Korean) staff kidnapped from Yemen hopsital INGO program (9 in all kidnapped, including 3 children and 1 spouse - German) Government officials on Sunday accused a Shi'ite militant group. Later found dead . | Archived | Media |
850 | Jun | 16 | 2009 | LK | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.7593439 | 80.4999646 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff missing and presumed kidnapped. | Archived | Archived |
851 | Jun | 16 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff director abducted by armed men. Other passengers released unharmed. | Archived | Archived |
948 | Jun | 18 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.94741 | 68.51234 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured during an IED attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
852 | Jun | 23 | 2009 | MR | Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 18.0794011 | -15.9780393 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | 1 INGO international (American) staff director of working in Mauritania, was shot in the head by unknown gunman on a street in the centre of the usually quiet city. The victim was resisting two men trying to kidnap him on a street when his attackers shot him and drove away, according to law enforcement. Al Queda later claimed responsibility, saying he was trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. | Archived | Media |
853 | Jun | 23 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Road | 37 | 66 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 UN national staff of a partner organization of a UN agency were killed by a roadside bomb. | Archived | Archived |
854 | Jun | 24 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 7 | 48 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver injured and passenger killed (not included here) when INGO vehcile came under attack, transporting a patient for medical care. Vehicle stolen. | Archived | Archived |
855 | Jun | 24 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 16 | 26 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (1 Irish, 1 Ugandan) staff kidnapped by a gang of armed men near Kutum, northern Darfur; both released 18 October. | Archived | Archived |
863 | Jun | 27 | 2009 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Mob violence | Unknown | 24.12739425 | 90.42263438 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff raped and killed by gang in implied religious hate crime (Muslim v. Hindu). | Archived | Archived |
856 | Jul | 4 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.5487421 | 69.4346945 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 16 UN national staff deminers were seized while travelling between Khost and Paktia provinces late on Saturday. | Archived | Archived |
857 | Jul | 5 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.33951 | 69.92041 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff kidnapped by unknown forces. | Archived | Archived |
960 | Jul | 5 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 15.0935129 | 26.1585109 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was injured during a convoy attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
859 | Jul | 6 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 34.19418 | 69.98013 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff off duty security guard, who lived in the nearby village of Khada Khel, was shot and killed during a fire fight at the funeral of an AOG member that had been killed by the IMF the day before. It is not known what his role if any in the battle was, who shot him or if it was deliberate or accidental. | Yes | Official Report |
858 | Jul | 11 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 34.9789 | 69.57242 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed when armed men entered his house in the early hours of the morning and fatally shot the individual. Thought to be a personal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
861 | Jul | 15 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Detention | Road | -0.66667 | 28.75 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot dead in Musezero, North Kivu, on the way home from work on the afternoon of 15 July. Victim found by colleagues, his pockets had been emptied and his INGO t-shirt removed. Villagers reported seeing the victim stopped by two men wearing Congolese army uniforms before he was killed. | Archived | Archived |
860 | Jul | 16 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff (field officer and a guard) shot and killed and 2 UN national staff wounded at the Kacha Garhi refugee camp outside Peshawar in a botched kidnapping. Victims shot and killed by four to five unidentified gunmen in their car getting ready to leave the camp when gunmen tried to kidnap. | Yes | Official Report |
866 | Jul | 17 | 2009 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 3.93545 | 41.853051 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO international (1 American, 1 Pakistani, 1 Zimbabwean) staff kidnapped and 1 INGO national staff guard injured in northern Kenya and took them across the border into Somalia. Roughly 10 gunmen arrived late Friday night at a house in the border town of Mandera where the workers were staying- wounding the watchman in the head and kidnapped the three workers; released 3 Oct. | Yes | Focal Point |
870 | Jul | 18 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.430247 | 70.448678 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver in Jalalabad was shot and killed during an apparent neighbourhood dispute. While the exact circumstances surrounding the case are unclear it does not appear that the incident was related to the driver | Archived | Media |
871 | Jul | 20 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff wounded when armed raiders forced their way into an aid compound belonging to the INGO and opened fire. | Archived | Archived |
920 | Jul | 20 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff kidnapped- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
1229 | Jul | 20 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -0.66667 | 28.75 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot dead in Buzito quarter, in his house at 7pm on 20 July. | Yes | Official Report |
872 | Jul | 21 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national RC worker killed in the centre of Mogadishu on Tuesday afternoon, 21 July. Victim was travelling in a public transport vehicle when he was caught in crossfire and hit by a stray bullet and died instantly. | Archived | Archived |
873 | Jul | 21 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -1.641395 | 41.592921 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 2 NGO national staff executed by Al Shabaab militias in Raskamboni southern Somalia. The victims were reportedly accused of being spies for foreigners. | Archived | Archived |
947 | Jul | 26 | 2009 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted by unknown assailants while traveling home. | Yes | Focal Point |
874 | Jul | 27 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 4 NGO national staff beheaded by al-Shabab militants, allegedly for being Christian. | Archived | Archived |
862 | Aug | 4 | 2009 | TD | Chad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 12.66667 | 21.9 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Greek) staff and 1 INGO national staff kidnapped in Chad; national staff released after 2 days; Intl released a month later. | Archived | Media |
876 | Aug | 4 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contract driver shot dead by suspected robbers in Al Deain in South Darfur on Tuesday. | Archived | Media |
939 | Aug | 6 | 2009 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 15.1256549 | 22.2476009 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO female national staff stabbed in arm by unknown attackers. | Archived | Focal Point |
867 | Aug | 10 | 2009 | Chechnya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Office/compound | 43.3278775 | 45.6762535 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff found murdered after being kidnapped along with her husband by group of armed men who raided their office. | Archived | Archived | |
958 | Aug | 10 | 2009 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 18.56401095 | -72.28587483 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted in a UN vehicle. | Yes | Focal Point |
877 | Aug | 13 | 2009 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 16.308528 | 43.403557 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15 RCS national staff kidnapped by rebel group. | Archived | Media |
878 | Aug | 16 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 3.80958 | 43.24628 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff guard wounded in raid on offices. | Archived | Archived |
879 | Aug | 16 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot by unknown assailants as he sat outside the office of the organization in the IDPs camps on the outskirts of Mogadishu. | Archived | Media |
926 | Aug | 18 | 2009 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 2.75 | 32.9 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff assaulted by a military officer outside a bar- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
945 | Aug | 19 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Public location | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured during an armed robbery in a store. | Yes | Focal Point |
915 | Aug | 25 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 31.610269 | 65.701536 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff killed at home during a shelling | Yes | Focal Point |
880 | Aug | 29 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.9261784 | 64.6237758 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 1 INGO national staff killed when their vehicle was caught in crossfire between Taliban and militias. | Archived | Media |
966 | Sep | 1 | 2009 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 2.75 | 32.9 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff injured when physically assaulted by a military office and his colleagues outside a bar. | Yes | Focal Point |
1270 | Sep | 6 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 0.1249694 | 29.2919545 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot dead in Butembo by unidentified armed men at 10 p.m. on 6 September. | Yes | Focal Point |
1112 | Sep | 8 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.5 | 23.5 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One driver shot and seriously wounded when an INGO convoy of two vehicles was ambushed. The incident occurred a few hundred metres from a GoS checkpoint. The perpetrators robbed the passengers of cash and fled. | Yes | Official Report |
941 | Sep | 10 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 7.7233933 | 27.9758201 | Unknown | Host State | Military Police | I UN national staff physically assaulted and injured by a military police officer. | Yes | Focal Point |
914 | Sep | 11 | 2009 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.3466059 | 43.127008 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed when he was ambushed and shot dead near his home. | Archived | Media |
921 | Sep | 18 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
881 | Sep | 21 | 2009 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 6.3497929 | 25.6508738 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | 3 INGO national staff killed and 2 INGO national staff wounded and 3 INGO staff missing when LRA attacked the INGO's vehicle. | Archived | Media |
940 | Sep | 26 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.41722 | 71.17917 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted. | Yes | Focal Point |
868 | Sep | 30 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -3.2850762 | 28.18012996 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed and 1 INGO national staff kidnapped. Returning from a supervisory visit to a shelter construction site, a vehicle containing two INGO national workers was traveling in a convoy with other civilian vehicles when unidentified gunmen attacked the group. During the attack, the INGO driver was taken and has now been reported safe by the INGO. The other worker was severely beaten and left on the side of the road. The victim was able to crawl for help to the nearby village, and later died while en route to a hospital. | Archived | Archived |
882 | Oct | 5 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Body-borne IED | Raid | Office/compound | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Four UN national staff and 1 UN international (Iraqi) staff killed and 4 UN national staff seriously injured in Taliban suicide attack on offices. | Archived | Media |
952 | Oct | 5 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff contracted drivers shot and killed during an ambush. | Yes | Focal Point |
927 | Oct | 6 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5 | 72 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff of a partner organization abducted in a local dispute- held one night after the issue was resolved through local jirgas- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
1113 | Oct | 7 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 13.4435 | 22.4452278 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff was beaten and taken into custody by GoS police for unknown reasons. After arrival at the police station, he was immediately released. The staff member was brought to the clinic after he complained of pain in the head. No reason was given for his arrest despite inquiries. | Yes | Official Report |
944 | Oct | 11 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.005922 | 29.718875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot in the leg while driving to work. | Yes | Focal Point |
869 | Oct | 22 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFRC international (French/British) staff kidnapped from Darfur by a group of armed men who later demanded $1 million ransom. Released, 18 March 2010. | Archived | Archived |
883 | Oct | 24 | 2009 | TD | Chad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 12.1191543 | 15.0502758 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff of a NGO partner killed and 1 UN national staff driver wounded in their vehicle by bandits. | Archived | Media |
884 | Oct | 28 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Body-borne IED | Raid | Office/compound | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 3 UN international (1 Filipino, 1 Liberian, 1 Ethiopian) staff killed and 9 UN international staff wounded in a Taliban suicide bomber attack on a guest house in Kabul. | Yes | Official Report |
928 | Nov | 4 | 2009 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.75 | 32.9 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded when shot while on a motorbike- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
885 | Nov | 6 | 2009 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 4 | 97 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 IFRC international (German) staff wounded in a drive-by shooting. Motivation unclear. | Archived | Media |
886 | Nov | 9 | 2009 | TD | Chad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 13.57002 | 14.08351 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC international (French) staff kidnapped by armed men in eastern Chad in the village of Kawa, near the border with Sudan. Released, 6 February. | Archived | Media |
1114 | Nov | 14 | 2009 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 13.626786 | 25.349635 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was injured and suffered a mild concussion when a piece of brick was thrown through a window of an INGO guest house. | Yes | Official Report |
887 | Nov | 16 | 2009 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.406032 | 44.215669 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Japanese) staff kidnapped by local tribesmen for leverage to have clansmen released; viticim released 7 days later. | Archived | Media |
888 | Nov | 21 | 2009 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 9.7420258 | 21.5017241 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (French) staff kidnapped- those responsible claim not targetting aid workers but rather the French. Released, 14 March. | Archived | Media |
889 | Nov | 25 | 2009 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Public location | 15.9167 | 2.4 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | 1 INGO International staff kidnapped from hotel by al-Qaeda group looking to exchange for release of 4 prisoners. Released in Feb 2010. | Archived | Media |
890 | Nov | 26 | 2009 | PH | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 5.8506231 | 120.0284035 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and later died. | Archived | Media |
891 | Nov | 27 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 36.5805455 | 69.8615753 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national RC worker in Takhar province of northern Afghanistan shot and killed outside mosque. | Archived | Media |
1271 | Nov | 27 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 0.4938268 | 29.46518612 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 LNGO staff (driver) shot dead in Beni around midnight on 27 November | Archived | Archived |
892 | Nov | 29 | 2009 | MR | Mauritania | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 20.06194 | -15.14889 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 3 INGO international (Spanish) staff kidnapped when they became separated from a convoy carrying supplies- one had been shot 3 times in the leg trying to escape. One victim released March 2010, the other two in August 2010. | Archived | Media |
962 | Dec | 1 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 0.1249694 | 29.2919545 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was injured during a convoy attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1274 | Dec | 12 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.2504197 | 29.0607175 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff shot dead in Kitchanga Centre at 7:45 p.m. on 12 December. | Yes | Focal Point |
893 | Dec | 15 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Unknown | Office/compound | 33.5487421 | 69.4346945 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO international staff and 4 NGO national staff killed in explosion at the office of an aid agency. | Archived | Media |
1275 | Dec | 17 | 2009 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff shot dead 100 m next to his house on 17 December around 5 a.m. | Yes | Focal Point |
894 | Dec | 22 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 4.73583 | 45.20361 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
895 | Dec | 24 | 2009 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 31.610269 | 65.701536 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed when suicide bomber detonated device as he passed on his motorcycle. UN agency does not believe victim was the intended target of the blast. | Yes | Official Report |
1077 | Dec | 27 | 2009 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 3 | 42 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The head of a local NGO was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in his house overnight. The man had just returned from a trip to Nairobi. Motive unclear. | Archived | Media |
964 | Jan | 3 | 2010 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Unknown | 5.9526975 | 43.5522312 | Political | Ethiopian Defence Forces | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted by EDF military forces for carrying a VHF radio. | Yes | Focal Point | |
896 | Jan | 10 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 32.62998 | 65.87806 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO national staff were killed and two INGO national staff injured when their vehicle ran over a land mine in Uruzgan province. | Pending | Media |
898 | Jan | 15 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 2.0427779 | 45.3385636 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 local staff of a local NGO were kidnapped (2 others were also taken but for less than 24 hrs); the body of one, a long time security guard for the organisation, was found abandoned in Mogadishu with hands tied and shot. The other two were tortured and released after negotiations on Jan 18. | Yes | Focal Point |
899 | Jan | 16 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff (Dominican) staff shot and wounded while distributing aid. | Pending | Media |
900 | Jan | 17 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff shot while delivering corpses to a cemetary. | Pending | Media |
901 | Jan | 17 | 2010 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 33.4933777 | 44.34646766 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 5 people shot at the offices of a local NGO in Baghdad. Three of them appear to have been staff employed by the organisation; the other two were visiting relatives. Of these three, two were killed and one (the head of the organisation) was wounded. Two security guards who were member of the Iraqi security forces were also wounded; they are not included here. | Pending | Media |
1073 | Jan | 20 | 2010 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 16.308528 | 43.403557 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN-contracted truck driver was attacked while on the road and seriously injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
902 | Jan | 30 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Public location | 35 | 63.75 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A convoy of contract transporter's trucks was attacked while parked overnight at an Aghan National Police checkpoint. One driver was injured, three trucks damaged and one truck seized by attackers. | Yes | Focal Point |
922 | Feb | 2 | 2010 | NI | Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 13 | -85 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff wounded- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
923 | Feb | 11 | 2010 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -1.63917 | 29.07806 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff wounded during ambush while in convoy with another (UN) vehicle. | Yes | Focal Point |
907 | Feb | 12 | 2010 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.79748245 | 34.18649998 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver was injured and 1 international consultant for the INGO (American) was injured when armed men in the Karamoja region opened fire on a group of vehicles (an INGO vehicle and a rented vehicle). The rental car driver, a police officer and a local official in the second vehicle were killed after their vehicle did not exit the ambush area (deaths not included in the database). | Pending | Media |
908 | Feb | 17 | 2010 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff (Canadian) kidnapped after dropping off their child at school. Victim held for ransom and later resuced on 20 Feb. by police in a undercover operation. | Pending | Media |
909 | Feb | 18 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 28 | 66 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 4 INGO national staff including one driver kidnapped after their vehicle was stopped on the road by armed men. 1 INGO national staff driver reported killed 15 June by Taliban after not receiving ransom. Three remaining staff released on 14 July. | Pending | Media |
1057 | Feb | 18 | 2010 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | -0.75 | 37 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 guard for an INGO was hospitalised after being hacked with machetes by a gang of thieves when they attacked the organisation's office at night during a black out. They demanded to be shown where the motorbikes were, and attacked the guard when they could not find them immediately. | Yes | Focal Point |
924 | Feb | 26 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.533333 | 69.166667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
955 | Feb | 26 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured during a VBIED explosion. | Yes | Focal Point |
1041 | Feb | 26 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Public location | 34.5197058 | 69.1624302 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff member was critically injured when suspected members of armed opposition groups launched an attack on the Noor Guest House, Park Residence Guest House and Safi Landmark Hotel in Kabul | Yes | Focal Point |
910 | Mar | 5 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (Belgian, Czech) staff kidnnaped and held for five days. The two were grabbed, with their Haitian driver (not included), in the Petionville area of the city, but the driver was released a short time later. | Pending | Media |
911 | Mar | 10 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 7 INGO national staff killed and 5 INGO national staff injured when militants stormed their office in the Mansehra district opened fire and detonated a bomb. It is believed the attack was made by Muslims, who often target Christian organizations in Pakistan, but an attack to retaliate against an increase in drone attacks on the Taliban in the northwest region has not been ruled out. 1 of the victims killed died 5 days later as a result of injuries. | Pending | Media |
925 | Mar | 10 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 6.75 | 30 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff wounded. No additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
912 | Mar | 13 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Ambush | Road | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 3 NGO national staff killed in a suicide bomb explosion at a checkpoint. Up to 13 others killed and 53 injured. Local Taliban claimed responsibility. | Pending | Media |
1069 | Mar | 23 | 2010 | ET | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 8 | 39 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Oromo clan | A convoy of contracted trucks was attacked with rudimentary weapons by the Oromo clan and food looted while on the road through Oromo territory; two drivers were slightly injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1038 | Mar | 24 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.93911 | 67.709953 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 national staff of an INGO were kidnapped and held for eight days. | Yes | Focal Point |
913 | Mar | 26 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 33.33951 | 69.92041 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed, 2 INGO national staff injured and 1 INGO international (German) staff injured when a gunman attacked a group of aid workers inspecting a high school under renovation in eastern Afghanistan. 3 Afghan police also injured (not included). | Pending | Media |
918 | Apr | 11 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 31.341322 | 63.993456 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 1 national RC national staff kidnapped by Taliban; released 2 days later. | Pending | Media |
659 | Apr | 13 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed by unknown gunmen on the way home. | Pending | Media |
917 | Apr | 13 | 2010 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.2850762 | 28.18012996 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Yakutumba | 7 ICRC national staff and 1 ICRC international (Swiss) staff kidnapped by a group called the Mai Mai Yakutumba in Uvira region; released 16 April. | Yes | Official Report |
1042 | Apr | 14 | 2010 | MG | Madagascar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -23.2 | 44.4 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national INGO staff member working in the area of Ifotaka-Ebelo was attacked with knives. The attackers failed to steal his bag, but he was beaten violently on his head and face. | Yes | Focal Point |
930 | Apr | 15 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.75 | 69 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 5 UN national staff kidnapped from their vehicle while en route from visiting a project site. Police say they are being held by the Taliban. | Yes | Official Report |
968 | Apr | 19 | 2010 | NE | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 18 | 9 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Qaeda (affiliated) | 1 NGO international (French) staff kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and held hostage in Mali. Killed by beheading on 13 July. The group claimed it was retaliation after a raid of the group by French and Mauritanian forces resulted the death of some of their members. | Pending | Media |
1062 | Apr | 27 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 10.53018 | 29.93292 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A contracted truck was attacked by armed men. One escort detail was killed; driver and truck owner injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1078 | Apr | 27 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.8427539 | 44.5937239 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local NGO officer was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen. The NGO supplied water for displaced people. The deceased man was also a former administrator of a telecommunications company. | Pending | Media |
956 | May | 5 | 2010 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Unknown | 33.3024248 | 44.3787992 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured during a VBIED explosion. | Yes | Focal Point |
931 | May | 10 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver kidnapped and killed and 1 INGO international (British) contracted staff kidnapped. The international staff member was released four days later and the body of the national staff victim was found the next day. | Pending | Media |
932 | May | 14 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 6.769709 | 47.430831 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff of a company contracted by a UN agency was killed when a gunman fired with an automatic weapon. The staff member was not conducting services related to the UN agency at the time. | Pending | Media |
933 | May | 18 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.027197 | 24.878326 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO international (American) staff and two national staff, while traveling in a two-car convoy, were stopped and kidnapped by eight armed men. Local security sources believed the abduction was financially motivated. The two national staff were released relatively quickly, while the international staff member was released on 30 August 2010. | Pending | Media |
1061 | May | 18 | 2010 | CM | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 9.3070698 | 13.3934527 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Staff member (driver) was injured in an ambush. | Yes | Focal Point |
1043 | May | 23 | 2010 | MG | Madagascar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -23.35 | 43.66667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national INGO staff was attacked at his home, located in Analapatsy, by six armed bandits armed with guns, swords and an axe. He has beaten and some money was stolen by the bandits. | Yes | Focal Point |
984 | May | 28 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national NGO director kidnapped. Released August 3. | Pending | Archived |
1032 | Jun | 1 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 9 | 33 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | At least two staffers from an INGO were reportedly beaten and detained by SPLA soldiers sometime in June. A spokesman for the southern army said they believed one of the beaten staff members was supplying food and medicine to elements of the opposition party. | Pending | Media |
1066 | Jun | 5 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 14.5844444 | 29.4917691 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A contracted truck was attacked when it broke down and the driver's assistant was killed. The driver was injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
934 | Jun | 6 | 2010 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Public location | 13.833056 | 20.834722 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Swiss/British) staff kidnapped while leaving a restaurant in Abeche. Also taken were a Congolese colleague and national staff driver, who were released shortly after (so not counted here) east of Abeche. The international staff was released 9 days later. | Pending | Media |
1051 | Jun | 15 | 2010 | MW | Malawi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | -15.69383135 | 35.16222661 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff beaten and tied up during an attack on an INGO office that involved robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1003 | Jun | 18 | 2010 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Unknown | 34 | 45 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two NNGO's staff members were kidnapped on June 18th. Their families received messages saying that they were killed for working for the "infidels"; the bodies had not been found as of 6 July 2010. | Yes | Official Report |
1060 | Jun | 18 | 2010 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 7 | 44 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) | Staff member (driver) was shot and injured in a cross fire between rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) fighters and Ethiopian Defence Forces (EDF). | Yes | Focal Point |
967 | Jun | 22 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (German) staff kidnapped along with a national staff driver (not counted) who was released shortly after. Germans Released 5 weeks later, in late July. The victims were kidnapped from their Nyala office by seven armed men in civilian clothes. | Pending | Media |
973 | Jun | 29 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.52813 | 69.17233 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international staff shot while driving a UN vehicle and later died from the injuries. Another UN staff (not counted) was in the vehicle but did not sustain injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
1056 | Jun | 29 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 guard for an INGO was shot in the hand and shoulder while guarding a child-friendly space in an IDP camp. The perpetrator had tried to steal chairs. Mershing - Tom kiter IDP camp | Yes | Focal Point |
1276 | Jun | 29 | 2010 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 0.49113 | 29.47306 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One LNGO staff shot dead in his house at 11 p.m. on 29 June. | Pending | Archived |
986 | Jul | 3 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 34 | 65 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff of INGO killed by IED while on his way home from the office on his motorcycle. | Yes | Official Report |
1075 | Jul | 3 | 2010 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 15.654815 | 43.94099815 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN-contracted truck was attacked and food looted. A driver's assistant was injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
987 | Jul | 4 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Unknown | 36.13068 | 68.70829 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 2 INGO national staff kidnapped during ambush by Taliban gunmen. Released on 14 July after the intervention of elders and ransom payments by victims' families. | Yes | Official Report |
975 | Jul | 7 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 31.53622 | 64.15271 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Four local staff of an INGO were kidnapped by unknown armed men while they were on the way from Marja District to Lashkar Gah City. The abductors demanded a ransom for their safe release. Two were killed, two were freed on August 17 when NATO and Afghan army forces discovered and attacked a Taliban prison | Yes | Official Report |
977 | Jul | 7 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 34.41712 | 70.44959 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed when AOG fired six mortars towards JAF. At least two projectiles impacted in a residential area west of JAF, killing the INGO national staff member in his residence and injuring two civilians (not counted). | Yes | Official Report |
988 | Jul | 8 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 35.03975 | 69.00685 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staffer killed along with two ANP personnel by IED strike on a convoy. Target presumed to be ANP, not UN. | Yes | Official Report |
1037 | Jul | 8 | 2010 | KG | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 42.87 | 74.59 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO staff member (American) was physically assaulted and wounded while returning home late in the evening with another international staff. Both were robbed, but it is not clear if this was the only motive for the incident. | Yes | Focal Point |
976 | Jul | 10 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 36.83763 | 66.63932 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff riding on a motorcycle was wounded by two unknown armed men, believed to be ACGs. They stopped the staffer who was en route to visit program recipients. The armed men beat the staff member and he attempted to escape; subsequently, the perpetrators shot and injured him. | Yes | Official Report |
979 | Jul | 10 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.52813 | 69.17233 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff sustained gunshot injuries when he was caught up in a shooting incident that involved two families drawn in a land dispute. | Pending | Archived |
989 | Jul | 11 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.94458 | 68.71512 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 3 INGO national staffers kidnapped by armed opposition forces who searched their vehicle "for material relating them to GOA, ANSF or NGOs." Held for 6 days, then released "unharmed due to the staff members | Yes | Official Report |
1059 | Jul | 11 | 2010 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Body-borne IED | Unknown | Public location | 0.3177137 | 32.5813539 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 1 international (American) who was working with an INGO was killed when a bomb exploded on a rugby field in Kampala, during the bombings that took place during the World Cup. | Pending | Media |
990 | Jul | 14 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 31.6257334 | 65.7145053 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 4 national NGO workers kidnapped by anti-government elements. Released four days later after community mediation | Yes | Official Report |
991 | Jul | 15 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.9261784 | 64.6237758 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Pashtun and Uzbek anti-government forces | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped by Pashtun and Uzbek anti-government forces while on the road in Qara Shekhi Village. One released on 28 July, and the other on 31 July, following intervention by local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
992 | Jul | 19 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff member kidnapped by masked armed men while traveling to Terdishe from Mogadishu. Driver was released a short time later. | Pending | Media |
993 | Jul | 21 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.9261784 | 64.6237758 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 4 staff members of a medical NGO (one woman and three men) and a child were abducted while they were travelling to provide health services in a private vehicle. The female staff member, her husband and the child were released the same day. The abductors later released the two remaining staff at approximately 1530 hrs on 27 July, after local elders negotiated with the abductors. Victims were interrogated on their knoweldge of Islam, and accused of spreading Christianity. | Yes | Official Report |
994 | Jul | 27 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.3508273 | 62.2164003 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national NGO workers kidnapped and released the following day after intervention by elders. Motive unclear | Yes | Official Report |
995 | Aug | 2 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.34817 | 62.19967 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 female national staffer of an INGO attacked and stabbed with knife. Motive unclear | Yes | Official Report |
1050 | Aug | 2 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN agency national staff (driver) shot at in the right hand during an ambush of two vehicles carrying INGO and UN agency staff. | Yes | Focal Point |
983 | Aug | 5 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Unknown | Ambush | Public location | 36.75 | 72 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 10 INGO staff (2 nationals, 8 internationals: 6 US, 1 Briton, 1 German) executed by Taliban gunmen while on trek through forest. | Yes | Official Report |
1055 | Aug | 7 | 2010 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Road | 22.81513955 | 89.44492672 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | 1 local employee of an INGO was given food to eat by criminals traveling in the guise of passengers while on a bus. He became unconscious and had to be hospitalised. His mobile phone and cash were stolen. | Yes | Focal Point |
997 | Aug | 21 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Home | 35.6854469 | 64.2833366 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 2 local INGO staffers kidnapped in front of a private house in Aq Mazar village by armed opposition groups. Released 6 September. | Yes | Official Report |
1040 | Aug | 21 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 37 | 66 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 1 national staff of an INGO killed. Information suggests he was killed by Taliban, due to his involvement in a project for local militia, which is a government project established to empower the local community to look after their own security. | Yes | Focal Point |
998 | Aug | 23 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.34817 | 62.19967 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 international (German) and 1 national staff were kidnapped after their car was stopped on the road by a group of armed men firing in the air. There were 6 staffers in the car, of which two were abducted. Released Aug 29 after negotiation. Attack appeared planned in advance. | Yes | Official Report |
999 | Aug | 28 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.9261784 | 64.6237758 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 5 local NGO staff - 4 female aid workers and their driver - were abducted by unknown gunmen. The AOGs held the group in various locations until they were released on 9 September from Langar Village of Almar District. | Pending | Media |
1005 | Aug | 29 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.41667 | 64.75 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 4 national INGO staff abducted and held until Sept 18. | Yes | Official Report |
1000 | Aug | 30 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 36.75 | 72 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 3 local personnel of an INGO (2 employees one community volunteer) were killed and two others (one staff and one community volunteer) wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. Suspected target was government vehicle, not the INGO. Only staff, not community volunteers are included in the count here. | Pending | Media |
1001 | Sep | 2 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.95 | 71.13333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 female national staffer of an NGO shot and wounded by small arms fire while travelling with other staffers in a vehicle unrelated to NGO business. | Yes | Official Report |
1033 | Sep | 2 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.95 | 71.13333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A private vehicle was ambushed by small arms fire from unknown assailants. Of the total 6 passengers in the vehicle, 2 were NGO national staff members (1 male, 1 female). While all passengers were injured in the incident, only 1 (the female staff member) was confirmed to have been wounded by the weapons fire with the remainder suspected to have suffered various degrees of injury by the subsequent vehicle crash. | Yes | Official Report |
1002 | Sep | 5 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 31.610269 | 65.701536 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff driver of demining NGO shot and killed | Yes | Official Report |
1049 | Sep | 19 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 30.86017 | 72.31976 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national staff became unconscious when they were hit on their heads with batons during a riot that broke out with around 1000 people in an attempt to loot food items, during a food distribution. | Yes | Focal Point |
1048 | Sep | 23 | 2010 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -0.66667 | 28.75 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff (driver) wounded when the INGO vehicle he was driving was shot at on the road. | Yes | Focal Point |
1072 | Sep | 24 | 2010 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 2.020556 | 34.584167 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A contracted truck was attacked by armed warriors and the driver's assistant injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1006 | Sep | 27 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.13068 | 68.70829 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff (driver) of an INGO wounded and 3 others abducted while in a convoy of INGO vehicles. The 3 abducted staff were released on Sept 30. | Yes | Official Report |
1007 | Oct | 1 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 national staff of an international organization shot and killed as he boarded a collective taxi shortly after cashing his first paycheck. Suspected motive was robbery. The organization suspended work at the site where the staff member was supervising. | Pending | Media |
1034 | Oct | 6 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 33.68956 | 64.8531 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Armed groups occupied a governmental clinic, which is supported by an NGO, and abducted the guard on duty. They appear to have used the clinic as a base. | Yes | Official Report |
1008 | Oct | 7 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Ambush | Road | 36.26468 | 68.01551 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff killed and 3 national staff wounded, all from an intl demining NGO, when their vehicle was attacked by an RPG fired from a distance. Motive unclear. | Yes | Official Report |
1019 | Oct | 8 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national employee of an INGO was killed when he was shot by unknown assailants in his car shortly after cashing a check for $2000. | Yes | Official Report |
1009 | Oct | 9 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 34.1081 | 68.4936 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 1 national employee of an INGO was among those killed during an operation between international forces with Afghan forces against a shadow govt and armed opposition groups. | Yes | Official Report |
1010 | Oct | 12 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 36.25 | 64.83333 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 national INGO staff wounded (another only slightly wounded) when they were fired upon by an armed individual while riding a motorcycle. The incident resulted from a long standing personal dispute and is unrelated to the INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1070 | Oct | 13 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 18.53917 | -72.335 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A convoy of contracted trucks was attacked. Two drivers were shot and injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1020 | Oct | 14 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.13929 | 46.62413 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A British national working for an INGO was kidnapped in Somalia near the border with Ethiopia. Released on Oct 19. A Somali co-worker was also taken but was released hours later. | Pending | Media |
1035 | Oct | 15 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 4.9 | 33.8 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An international technical expert for a demining INGO was killed during an explosion while working at a mine clearance site. An investigation is underway as to the exact cause of the incident. | Yes | Official Report |
1044 | Oct | 15 | 2010 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -4.3217055 | 15.3125974 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO local employee, accompanied by his siblings, was attacked by a group armed with knives, and robbed. The employee was hit with a machete on his hand and his fingers suffered major injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
1063 | Oct | 16 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 34.00037 | 68.71346 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A driver of a contracted truck was killed in an ambush | Yes | Focal Point |
1046 | Oct | 17 | 2010 | TD | Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.212495 | 18.3396815 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff (driver) of an INGO was severely beaten during an ambush on the road. | Yes | Focal Point |
1054 | Oct | 17 | 2010 | SL | Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 8.4631769 | -10.7846261 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 local employee of an INGO was attacked at night while she traveled in a commercial vehicle. Men attacked her with knives and sticks, stole valuables, and took her to an isolated location for around 3 hours. She was hospitalised for injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
1076 | Oct | 17 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.3508273 | 62.2164003 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted staff members were abducted by a group of militants while returning from a mission. One employee was released on 28 Oct while the other was released on 4 Nov; both unharmed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1065 | Oct | 18 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 13.1909231 | 22.7402454 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A contracted truck was attacked on the road and the driver's assistant killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1011 | Oct | 20 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Mob violence | Road | 30.86017 | 72.31976 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national INGO staff were injured and their vehicles damaged by a group of people while making door-to-door registry to be issued local cards issued by their organisation. | Yes | Official Report |
1277 | Oct | 21 | 2010 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 0.4938268 | 29.46518612 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The president of a LNGO was shot and killed at 9 p.m. on 21 October | Yes | Focal Point |
1012 | Oct | 22 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 24.9056 | 67.0822 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The head of an NGO for disabled people was gunned down outside his home or office (reports differ). Two men on a motorbike came and stopped outside the building where the man was sitting. One of the assailants pulled out a pistol and fired multiple shots at him. Motive unclear. | Pending | Media |
1024 | Oct | 22 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 29.3743832 | 71.665621 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | A staff member of a local NGO was kidnapped by people who initially indicated that they were anti-corruption officers. They later said they were a Taliban group and asked for 10 million rupees ransom. | Yes | Official Report |
1013 | Oct | 25 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.73605 | 69.53451 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An international staff member (Dutch) and driver of an INGO that helps disabled people were abducted when armed men hijacked their vehicle. Both were released on 2 December 2010. | Yes | Official Report |
1014 | Oct | 25 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 31.61332 | 65.71013 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A national staff member of a demining NGO was shot and wounded. The same organization had been approached by persons claiming to be AOG several weeks ago and told to cease operations in the area. | Yes | Official Report |
1015 | Oct | 26 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.1605257 | 64.9201949 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An armed opposition group hijacked an NGO vehicle while staff were on their way back from a project and abducted 3 staff members. A few hours later, the group released unharmed one of the NGO staff who was from local area. The remaining 2 individuals (an engineer and a driver) were taken by the group; the next day, one of the abducted NGO staff managed to escape; the armed groups attempted to take him back but the community interfered (there are reports that a brief fire fight ensued between the AOG and the locals). Three days later, on 30 October, due to the negotiation and support of local elders the last NGO staff was released unharmed. (Note: only 1 individual was confirmed as abducted for more than 24 hrs.) There are indications that the motive for this hijacking and abduction was financial. | Yes | Official Report |
1016 | Oct | 29 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 31.517771 | 64.114227 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 female nationals working on a women's microeconomic development project (jam production and/or a tailoring cooperative), funded through a USAID initiative, were shot and beheaded. Motive unclear. | Yes | Official Report |
1053 | Oct | 29 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 night watchman attacked during an incursion on an INGO office at night. | Yes | Focal Point |
3599 | Nov | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Home | 30 | 70 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male aid worker was reportedly sexually assaulted while sleeping in Pakistan. | Yes | Media | |
1068 | Nov | 1 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 34.75921 | 68.04579 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A convoy of contracted trucks came under attack and two drivers were injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1017 | Nov | 2 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 33.66667 | 69.33333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national employee of an NGO was injured when a rocket was fired in the direction of the district administrative centre and hit a guest house where the staff member was staying (2 other guests also injured). | Yes | Official Report |
1021 | Nov | 2 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 36.04001 | 64.55122 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO staff member was abducted from in front of his private residence by unknown armed men. The abductors demanded a ransom from his family in exchange for his release, and did not indicate that they were politically or ideologically motivated. The man was released on 6 November. It is suspected, but not confirmed, that the family paid some form of ransom for his release. | Yes | Official Report |
1018 | Nov | 4 | 2010 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 3 Latvians working for an air service company contracted by a UN agency were abducted by a group of armed men as they were travelling in a mini-bus to their residence in Nyala. They were released on 8 Dec. | Yes | Focal Point |
1022 | Nov | 10 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.2774646 | 70.3594011 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A white marked vehicle from a local de-mining NGO narrowly missed the detonation of an IED placed under a culvert, only to be struck by a second IED placed under a second culvert in the immediate area. As a result, one local NGO staffmember was killed in the explosion, while a colleague was injured. The attack appears not to have been targeted at the NGO, but rather incidental. | Yes | Official Report |
1071 | Nov | 11 | 2010 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | 19.75778 | -72.20417 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A contracted truck was attacked by 12 unidentified perpetrators. Food stolen and driver injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1766 | Nov | 11 | 2010 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Public location | 32.766055 | 22.65182 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Nine aid workers (British, Algerian, and Irish) who were delivering aid to Gaza via ship were kidnapped by the ship's owner and captain, who were subsequently detained by Greek police. One Irish journalist and seven Libyan police officers were also on board and kidnapped. | Yes | Focal Point |
1023 | Nov | 13 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.5532126 | 66.2426766 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO staff members were taken from the main road while driving a marked white truck transporting heavy equipment. | Yes | Official Report |
1079 | Nov | 13 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Unknown | 5 | 47 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A driver contracted by a UN agency was shot and killed and food aid was looted. The incident was apparently linked to a clan dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1058 | Nov | 16 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Office/compound | 30.1898249 | 67.019108 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 doctor who heads a national NGO was attacked and killed in his office. Motivation unknown. Date is approximate only. | Yes | Official Report |
1025 | Nov | 18 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 34.00037 | 68.71346 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | AOG under the command of a prominent mullah abducted an INGO national staff member, while on a home visit. 2 days later, on 20 November, the staff member was released unharmed through negotiation. During the captivity, the staff member was question as to the identity of the organization, his position, programming and donors. | Yes | Official Report |
1067 | Nov | 25 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A vehicle hired by a UN agency was shot at and the driver was injured while picking up staff from the airport. | Yes | Focal Point |
1027 | Nov | 26 | 2010 | PH | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.95 | 124.23333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A gunman shot dead a Filipino driver (employee of a contractor) delivering aid for the UN. Motive not established. | Pending | Media |
1074 | Nov | 26 | 2010 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 15.337484 | 44.184304 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A convoy of contracted trucks was attacked, one driver injured and food looted. | Yes | Focal Point |
1026 | Nov | 28 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 36 | 67.666667 | Economic | Aid recipient | Not applicable | A verbal argument between three NGO staff members and local community over the transportation construction materials degenerated into violence and the NGO staff were physically assaulted. | Yes | Official Report |
1028 | Nov | 30 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 34.30157 | 62.2465 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The corpse of a female national INGO staff member was found, after she went missing during work. Reportedly, she was physically assaulted and killed by an unknown number of perpetrators. A criminal motive such as robbery or a personal dispute is assumed to be the reason for the killing. | Yes | Official Report |
1029 | Dec | 1 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.25 | 68 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A local employee of an INGO and his driver were kidnapped while driving in a low profile vehicle and taken to an unknown location. The driver was released the next day (so not counted here). The other employee was released on Dec 5 following the intervention of local elders and religious authorities. | Yes | Official Report |
1031 | Dec | 4 | 2010 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 10 | 44.5 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff (a security guard) killed and another national staff (a community mobilizer) wounded when their vehicle stumbled upon an ambush. The INGO they worked for was distributing cash and the money was being delivered by a local money transfer company, known as hawala. The two staff were travelling 70 km behind the hawala and came across the bandits, who had been holding the money transfer staff for almost an hour. | Pending | Media |
1036 | Dec | 5 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 31.59382 | 64.37161 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two members of armed opposition groups riding on a motorbike opened fire at a local national working with an INGO that has a profile and conducts activities that differ from typical NGO's as an interpreter. The victim later died of his wounds in the hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1030 | Dec | 6 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.83763 | 66.63932 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff injured when an NGO vehicle came under small arms fire while driving. No further details known. | Yes | Official Report |
1047 | Dec | 8 | 2010 | MW | Malawi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | -15.69383135 | 35.16222661 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national staff beaten and injured during a raid on an INGO compound. Attack may have been related to a robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1039 | Dec | 12 | 2010 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.4205927 | 43.307505 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 3 national staff of an INGO were killed by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside the main entrance to the Government Center in Ramadi. INGO victims were not considered the target rather of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. | Yes | Focal Point |
1052 | Dec | 17 | 2010 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | -0.66667 | 28.75 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 drivers from an INGO beaten and threatened with death during an attack on their organisation's vehicle, in which goods and money were stolen. | Yes | Focal Point |
1045 | Dec | 29 | 2010 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 31.61332 | 65.71013 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local national employed by an NGO was shot in the head while in his vehicle. The victim received medical attention. There are no indications that this shooting was carried out by AOG, or is related to the victim's status as an NGO employee. The true motive for this shooting, as yet unconfirmed, may be related to personal disputes. | Yes | Official Report |
1080 | Jan | 3 | 2011 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | 7 | 48 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A local staff of an INGO was injured when an RCIED exploded near a hotel, injuring 4 people. The attack was thought to be targeted at the Governor. The injured local staff was arrested under suspicion of involvement in the attack. | Pending | Media |
1081 | Jan | 4 | 2011 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.7344674 | 69.533301 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff of an INGO was shot and wounded by two unknown individuals riding on a motorcycle. The perpetrators approached a group of 5-6 people, including the staff member, as they were walking, and fired a single shot. | Yes | Official Report |
1230 | Jan | 4 | 2011 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.83333 | 66 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO (a UN partner) staff member and two UN contractor employees were killed when an IED exploded in the vicinity of contracted trucks carrying food in Chinarto District. | Yes | Focal Point |
1082 | Jan | 6 | 2011 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 35.5532126 | 66.2426766 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The driver of a private car with five NGO staff was lightly wounded when their vehicle did not stop at an illegal checkpoint. He managed to drive away from the scene. | Yes | Official Report |
1083 | Jan | 6 | 2011 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO national staff member was attacked, stabbed and killed by an unknown group at his boarding place. | Yes | Official Report |
1084 | Jan | 7 | 2011 | NE | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Public location | 13.51366 | 2.1098 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Qaeda (affiliated) | An international staff (French) of an INGO was killed along with another French man (not employed by the INGO) less than 24 hours after being kidnapped by suspected members of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb. The two men were dining in a restaurant when they were approached at their table by four armed men. Niger's national guard and a French surveillance plane followed the vehicle and launched an attack, but the kidnapped men were killed. | Pending | Media |
1231 | Jan | 10 | 2011 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 11.329444 | 25.08565623 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three national staff of an INGO were kidnapped by rebels and held for nine days before being released | Yes | Focal Point |
1085 | Jan | 11 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 28 | 66 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three national staff of a local NGO (an implementing partner of a UN agency) were kidnapped by unidentified armed men. They were released several days later. | Yes | Official Report |
1086 | Jan | 13 | 2011 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Office/compound | 13.4263009 | 22.6574884 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three Bulgarian air crew members working for a private company contracted by a UN humanitarian agency were abducted upon landing on the helipad. There were released six months later on 6 June 2012. | Pending | Media |
1232 | Jan | 15 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An employee of a UN-contracted company was struck and injured by a stray bullet while waiting for his truck to be loaded at a warehouse in Peshawar | Yes | Official Report |
1233 | Jan | 21 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing |