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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1717 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1718 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1719 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1720 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1721 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1722 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1723 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1724 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1725 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1726 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1727 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1728 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1729 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC based on an official list of names provided by the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent of the Syrian staff and volunteers killed in 2013. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
1380 | Jan | 1 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.047569 | 72.403637 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Seven national NGO staff, six females and one male, were shot and killed by gunmen on motorcyles who ambushed their vehicle. The workers were involved with a community health and education center that provided immunizations, among other services. | Yes | Official Report |
1381 | Jan | 5 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.190242 | 71.76248 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two local NGO staff (one programme coordinator and a driver) were shot and killed in a bazaar. Investigation is ongoing, but the NGO has termed the violence work related. | Yes | Official Report |
1388 | Jan | 6 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Body-borne IED | Raid | Public location | 31.0048 | 66.397653 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national NGO staff member was killed, along with six others, when two suicide bombers detonated their body-borne IEDs after shooting their way inside district council building | Yes | Official Report |
1382 | Jan | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.693426 | 65.165404 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Four national staff members of an INGO (three community trainers and one driver) were abducted while travelling through the Jarqala area. All released by 23rd January after negotiations, but threatened with assassination if the continue to work for aid organisations in the area. | Yes | Official Report |
1389 | Jan | 8 | 2013 | JO | Jordan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 32.294292 | 36.322186 | Political | Aid recipient | Refugees | Five INGO aid workers and five UN-contracted guards were injured when a refugee mob attacked, presumably because of frustrations triggered by recent flooding in the camp. | Yes | Media |
1708 | Jan | 10 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Individual attack | Public location | 30.191235 | 67.025564 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN employee was killed when a suicide bomber detonated an IED in a public area of Quetta. | Yes | Focal Point |
1383 | Jan | 11 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Public location | 34.012597 | 72.032854 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An NGO nurse was shot and killed on her way to work, having received prior death threats. | Yes | Official Report |
1384 | Jan | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.267172 | 65.050769 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member working for an NGO demining agency was shot and killed by a group of armed men during a kidnapping attempt. | Yes | Official Report |
1702 | Jan | 13 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -0.841605 | 29.048446 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One Red Cross worker was shot and killed by unknown armed men when trying to stop them from raping a woman. | Yes | Focal Point |
1385 | Jan | 14 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 34.488738 | 69.13724 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of a UN agency was stabbed in a violent robbery by three assailants. | Yes | Official Report |
1386 | Jan | 16 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Raid | Public location | 34.525896 | 69.17015 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two NGO employees were injured by a vehicle-borne IED detonated by the driver in a suicide attack on an NDS facility. A total of 27 civilians were injured in the blast, including the aid workers. | Yes | Official Report |
1387 | Jan | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.092172 | 65.166145 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An international doctor was kidnapped when his NGO vehicle was ambushed. The motive was to have him treat sick relatives, and he was later released by the perpetrators | Yes | Official Report |
1673 | Jan | 24 | 2013 | ID | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -6.21195 | 106.845056 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was hit in the head and subsequently hospitalized when unknown individuals threw stones at the INGO vehicle. | Yes | Focal Point |
1390 | Jan | 27 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.542694 | 69.165394 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An international INGO staffer was kidnapped as the unmarked vehicle he was riding in was ambushed by four armed men. UPDATE: The NGO employee has been released from captivity in good health. | Yes | Official Report |
1841 | Jan | 27 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 2.056278 | 45.300605 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was injured when a shooting broke out in front of a medical health facility managed by the INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1835 | Jan | 28 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.120341 | 40.301715 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A paramedic for the Kenyan Red Cross Society was injured when three gunmen shot at the ambulance after the driver ignored instructions to stop. | Yes | Official Report |
1391 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 33.89949 | 70.101691 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two aid workers on polio vaccination team were killed when their car ran over a roadside IED | Yes | Official Report |
1392 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 24.86803 | 66.918385 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Four national NGO workers of a local NGO, including the driver, were abducted in Maripur, Karachi on their way to distribute medicines and other aid. UPDATE: All four were released. | Yes | Official Report |
1659 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.816957 | 29.109423 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO female staff member was abducted, but was released three days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1777 | Feb | 1 | 2013 | SN | Senegal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 14.699193 | -17.467716 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO staff member was on his way to the office when two men on a scooter attempted to steal his laptop bag. He was stabbed and was treated at a clinic. | Yes | Focal Point |
1782 | Feb | 3 | 2013 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 34.416297 | 41.215314 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | One national INGO social worker was injured during an altercation with a group of Syrian refugees. There was a disagreement concerning service delivery between the social worker and one of the Syrian refugees, and more than 25 other Syrian refugees became involved. The social worker and one of the refugees were hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point | |||
1393 | Feb | 4 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.862093 | 66.067575 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national NGO staffer was killed when the NGO vehicle hit a roadside IED | Yes | Official Report |
1714 | Feb | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 7.597302 | 29.700877 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted truck driver was severely beaten and killed by unknown armed individuals. The driver's cash and IDs were stolen, but no food from the truck was taken. The driver's assistant managed to escape and reported the incident to the police. | Yes | Focal Point |
1715 | Feb | 6 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.878453 | 31.131175 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted truck driver was shot and killed by four armed bandits. The driver's cash and mobile phone were taken. | Yes | Focal Point |
1394 | Feb | 8 | 2013 | NG | Nigeria | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 12.000364 | 8.513792 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Eight polio vaccinators working on a UN agency-sponsored immunization campaign were shot and killed when gunmen stormed two clinics. | Pending | Media |
1709 | Feb | 8 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 14.205387 | 24.64345 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member, a security guard supervisor, was found stabbed to death. The perpetrators and the motive are unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
1735 | Feb | 9 | 2013 | KG | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 42.841004 | 74.608645 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN consultant suffered a broken nose when attacked by unknown assailants while on his way home. | Yes | Focal Point |
1736 | Feb | 10 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Incidental | Host State | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | One national UN worker was severely beaten by FARDC soldiers for having committed adultery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1778 | Feb | 12 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.075451 | 43.37951 | Economic | Staff member | Contractor | One national INGO staff member was abducted by a disgruntled vendor who was contracted by the same INGO. The incident appears to be related to a contract dispute: the vendor was asked to suspend sales over allegations of misconduct. | Yes | Focal Point |
1396 | Feb | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.786227 | 70.47759 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A national NGO ambulance driver was hit and seriously wounded by small arms fire during an attack by opposition forces on an Afghan Army convoy | Yes | Official Report |
1701 | Feb | 16 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | -0.360445 | 42.548779 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Somaliland Rapid Response Unit (RRU) | One local NGO staff member was shot and killed by local police forces at a police station in Kismayo. The individual was injured but later died of his injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
1842 | Feb | 18 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 2.333333 | 42.283333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One LNGO manager was wounded during clashes between two groups of Al Shabaab fighters. The clash was reportedly triggered by a dispute over the continuation of the LNGO's activities. | Yes | Official Report |
1397 | Mar | 1 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.508172 | 69.826566 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three national NGO staffers were wounded when their vehicle detonated an IED.Unclear if it had recently been planted or if the NGO was specifically targeted | Yes | Official Report |
1398 | Mar | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 9.035312 | 27.76364 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO worker was assaulted and robbed, sustaining serious injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
1399 | Mar | 10 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.595324 | 29.992201 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO national staff member and driver were ambushed and shot by armed robbers while riding in a humanitarian relief convoy. | Yes | Official Report |
1436 | Mar | 11 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 32.39233 | 64.490984 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three deminers were kidnapped from the home of a non-NGO-affiliated civilian at gunpoint. UPDATE: All three aid workers were safely released two months later on 11 May. | Yes | Official Report |
1712 | Mar | 11 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 13.222951 | 45.305485 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO worker was shot in the leg by militia members, who mistakenly identified him as an Al Qaeda affiliate. | Yes | Focal Point |
1759 | Mar | 12 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 36.3121 | 36.687433 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | Two INGO workers (Italian and British) were abducted by ISIS in northern Syria, close to the Turkish border. UPDATE: The Italian staff member was released over a year later, on 26 May 2014. The British staff member was tortured and killed on 13 September 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1400 | Mar | 13 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.456784 | 36.244222 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An EU humanitarian officer was killed in a rocket attack in Deraya, a suburb of Damascus | Pending | Media |
1401 | Mar | 13 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 24.949247 | 66.966768 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A well-known female aid worker was shot and killed by four armed motorcyclists after leaving her office. | Pending | Media |
1615 | Mar | 13 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.372937 | 36.112475 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member suffered injuries when he was hit by shrapnel from a nearby explosion in Khan Eshieh camp on 13 March. He died from his injuries the next day. | Yes | Official Report |
1787 | Mar | 14 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.800525 | 25.442011 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver was abducted by unknown individuals, who demanded money for his release. Both the driver and the truck were released 35 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1402 | Mar | 15 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.456226 | 32.426302 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | A UN-contracted driver and assistant were ambushed and severely wounded by armed robbers. | Yes | Official Report |
1746 | Mar | 17 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.88509 | 38.872152 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted drivers were abducted by unknown armed groups, who robbed the drivers of their personal belongings and stole the contents of the trucks' cargo. It appears that the owner of the trucks paid a ransom and that the drivers were released. | Yes | Focal Point |
1803 | Mar | 17 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.115195 | 40.796915 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN-contracted drivers were kidnapped by unknown armed men. The trucks' contents and the drivers' personal belongings were also taken. They were kept by their kidnappers until a ransom was paid by the owner of the trucks. | Yes | Focal Point |
1403 | Mar | 21 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Project site | 33.919194 | 71.80859 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local NGO workers were killed, along with at least 10 IDPs, when a remote controlled car bomb exploded on a road inside the camp. | Yes | Official Report |
1737 | Mar | 21 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Project site | 33.725714 | 71.791983 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Eleven NGO personnel were wounded and one killed when a VBIED detonated by an IDP camp. | Yes | Focal Point |
1684 | Mar | 22 | 2013 | TR | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 36.202809 | 36.160299 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO staff member was walking when he was stabbed in the back by three men. | Yes | Focal Point |
1404 | Mar | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 37.100702 | 70.556226 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A German expatriate worker was abducted by an armed opposition group while out for a walk. He was released unharmed a day later due to negotiations with local networks. | Yes | Official Report |
1405 | Mar | 24 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.771998 | 68.369368 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A local NGO staffer, working as a National Solidarity Program (government-led aid and reconstruction) facilitator, was ambushed, kidnapped and beaten by an armed opposition group. Released after local community members appealed intervened. | Yes | Official Report |
1406 | Mar | 26 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 15.337484 | 44.184304 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | An international ICRC worker was shot and slightly wounded in a kidnap attempt while driving in a car with her husband. | Yes | Media |
1407 | Mar | 30 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 10.099652 | 33.337104 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An employee of a commercial company contracted by the UN was shot and wounded when a group of twenty armed, masked men raided their organization's compound. The unknown perpretrators left without stealing anything after the incident. | Yes | Official Report |
1738 | Mar | 30 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 33.611816 | 36.488004 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted worker was injured when a mortar shell hit a warehouse. He was hospitalized and required surgery to remove shrapnel. | Yes | Focal Point |
1437 | Mar | 31 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 32.07075 | 64.838216 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An NGO national staff member, a male nurse, was killed in an IED detonation in a bazaar whilst en route to the Poza Community Health Clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
1747 | Mar | 31 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.071229 | 36.970299 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Three UN-contracted drivers transporting food rations were abducted by unknown armed men. One was released, but the other two are still being held. The perpetrators refuse to return the food rations. | Yes | Focal Point |
1438 | Apr | 5 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 35.320299 | 64.811138 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Armed individuals shot and killed an INGO staff member in front of his residence due to a family dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1409 | Apr | 6 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 32.105109 | 66.914374 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A US Government representative, delivering in-kind aid for a reconstruction project, was killed when a suicide bomber detonated the vehicle-borne explosive near her convoy on the road. | Pending | Media |
1408 | Apr | 8 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Home | 4.84914 | 31.510543 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Spouse | A UN agency worker was killed by her husband in a domestic dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1410 | Apr | 14 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.020684 | 45.304072 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national driver for a third country Red Crescent Society was killed and three international staff wounded in Mogadishu when a suicide car bomb targeting government court buildings detonated as their convoy passed by. | Yes | Media |
1411 | Apr | 14 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.215698 | 37.159321 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national Red Crescent worker was killed when a mortar hit the warehouse he was guarding. | Yes | Official Report |
1412 | Apr | 16 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.822773 | 66.05806 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two Afghan Red Crescent Society staff members were killed and two wounded when unknown men opened fire on their vehicle on the road. UPDATE: After the attack on the ARCS staff, the group suspended its work in the area. | Yes | Official Report |
1414 | Apr | 21 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.43058 | 70.448037 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national NGO staffer was shot and seriously injured by armed men on a motorcycle, while walking to work. | Yes | Official Report |
1415 | Apr | 21 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.689385 | 31.703351 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | Two UN-contracted employees (driver and assistant) were shot and killed when their convoy was ambushed by two armed men after delivering food to the UN Agency warehouse in Juba; their cash, phones, and other belongings were stolen. Simultaneously, another convoy was approaching from the opposite direction, and another UN-contracted driver was shot and killed and his two assistants injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1416 | Apr | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.974898 | 63.728285 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | During an ambush, an NGO national staffer was singled out among colleagues (as team leader) and kidnapped by armed men who also burned the vehicle. He was later released unharmed as a result of intervention and negotiations by local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1418 | Apr | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 31.496282 | 65.000801 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Ten national staff members from a community-based demining program of an international partner (private company) were abducted by armed men. They were released four days later after mediation by local elders | Yes | Official Report |
1417 | Apr | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.275146 | 69.880273 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An NGO national staff member went missing whilst travelling along the Hisarak-Azra road, and presumed kidnapped. UPDATE: The aid worker was released unharmed on 18 May. | Yes | Official Report |
1419 | Apr | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Unknown | 34.659791 | 61.107952 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Three INGO staff, one international and two national, were kidnapped by a local armed opposition group, later released unharmed following negotiations by community elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1420 | Apr | 28 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 32.913926 | 66.001905 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A guard working for an international organization was shot and killed outside his home. The attack was deemed to be stemming from a personal grievance and not related to his organizational affiliation. | Yes | Official Report |
1534 | Apr | 29 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Office/compound | 34.551047 | 69.163852 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO staff member was sexually assaulted and subsequently hospitalized after five masked men broke into the NGO guesthoust and robbed the residents. Three other staff members were present, but seem to have been unhurt. | Yes | Official Report |
1452 | May | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 24.860551 | 67.009926 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One senior NGO worker associated with education projects was gunned down. This is the second killing of a staffer from this NGO. | Yes | Official Report | |
1685 | May | 2 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.365248 | 23.142216 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were injured (one shot and one severely beaten) when their aid convoy was attacked by seven armed men. | Yes | Focal Point |
1422 | May | 4 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.187749 | 31.781709 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national contractor was killed and another wounded in a shooting when their vehicle was ambushed on the Bor-Juba road. | Yes | Official Report |
1423 | May | 4 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.183623 | 29.448832 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was shot dead by unknown gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1424 | May | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.08067 | 70.665404 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Eleven national staff of a demining NGO were kidnapped in an ambush by an armed opposition group. UPDATE: All 11 were released unharmed on 31 May, following the intervention of community elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1425 | May | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 34.544427 | 69.159857 | Incidental | Staff member | Not applicable | One staff member of a demining agency was shot and killed by a co-worker, a security guard, inside the agency's compound as a result of a personal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1426 | May | 10 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 0.110197 | 40.314053 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot as a collateral victim to an attack on a Kenya Police Reservist. He is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
1427 | May | 11 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.849856 | 31.59948 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was car-jacked and beaten; his car and other valuables on his person were stolen. | Yes | Official Report |
1444 | May | 11 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 31.634808 | 67.247748 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three national staff members were killed when an IED struck the vehicle of an IO-contracted implementing partner for a demining program. Initial assessment indicates that this was likely an IED detonation, but the possibility remains that it was an Explosive Remnant of War. | Yes | Official Report |
1429 | May | 13 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.220754 | 45.305945 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Al-Marakisha tribe | Three ICRC staff members were abducted while traveling by car in the Southern Province of Abyan. They were released unharmed two days later. | Yes | Media |
1428 | May | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.320271 | 67.483171 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were affected when an Afghan civilian was allegedly targeted in an ambush on the vehicle they were all in. | Yes | Official Report |
1674 | May | 14 | 2013 | MR | Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 18.083949 | -15.978341 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | During a break-in, one INGO member was stabbed in the hand. | Yes | Focal Point |
1454 | May | 15 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 36.212228 | 36.519075 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three German aid workers were kidnapped in the town of Harem near the northern border with Turkey. UPDATE: Two of three escaped on 3 July 2013. The third also escaped his kidnappers on 4 September 2013. | Pending | Media |
1683 | May | 15 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.18 | 34.095 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Murle Tribesman | One national INGO staff member was injured when Murule tribesmen attacked an aid convoy. The convoy was traveling with a local leader, who was the target of the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1779 | May | 20 | 2013 | TR | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 36.497956 | 36.364129 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One international INGO staff member (Syrian) was attacked and stabbed by two Turkish assailants, one of whom was the staff member's neighbor. Attack seems targeted, but motive unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
1430 | May | 21 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 0.50605 | 35.269086 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard was killed when a group of men armed with blades forced entry to the office of an NGO, which they then robbed. | Yes | Official Report |
1431 | May | 22 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 35.93322 | 36.634538 | Political | Host State | Unknown | An Indian national working with a British NGO was killed in a refugee hospital in Idlib Province during an air strike. | Pen | Media | |||
1432 | May | 23 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 6.810839 | 29.675678 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was shot in his home by an unknown gunman during the night. He was hospitalized and received emergency surgery, but later passed away. | Yes | Official Report |
1433 | May | 24 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 34.527581 | 69.16714 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An IO building in Kabul was attacked with a car bomb, rocket-propelled grenades and armed gunmen, resulting in the death of one staff member and injuries to three more staff. Foreign staff seemed to have been specifically targeted. | Yes | Official Report |
1434 | May | 25 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.949373 | 68.516697 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two staff members of a demining NGO were kidnapped at an illegal checkpoint on the Kabul-Bamyan highway. | Yes | Official Report |
1445 | May | 25 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 0.351096 | 40.872108 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One Kenyan Red Cross official was killed during clashes between Al Shabaab and the Administrative Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1843 | May | 25 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.021074 | 45.288353 | Incidental | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | One INGO employee was killed during clashes between two groups of Somali National Government (SNG) forces. | Yes | Official Report |
1435 | May | 27 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Public location | 36.142298 | 65.35696 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO staff member, who also served as headmaster of a local boys' school, was killed by an armed opposition group near his home after arranging a meeting with the group. There are indications this killling was not related to his affiliation with an INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1439 | May | 29 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Body-borne IED | Raid | Office/compound | 34.430247 | 70.448678 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two suicide bombers detonated explosives at the International Committee of the Red Cross compound, killing one security guard and injuring three staff members. Following the attack, the ICRC closed their sub delegation in Jalalabad and temporarily stopped all staff movements in the country. | Yes | Official Report |
1640 | Jun | 1 | 2013 | IN | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 22.57179 | 88.361727 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A female aid worker was drugged and sexually assaulted by a local businessman. She subsequently attempted suicide and was hospitalized. | Pending | Media |
1440 | Jun | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 35.221192 | 71.049777 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO translator was injured as his vehicle struck an IED; this is likely connected to a tribal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1441 | Jun | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.607889 | 62.226317 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | District Shadow Governor (DSG) | Five national staff members of a demining INGO and a tribal elder were kidnapped while in transit, with the elder and two of the aid workers released soon after. UPDATE: All three staff members were released unharmed approximately three days after abduction. | Yes | Official Report |
1450 | Jun | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.490446 | 65.415074 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | International Military Forces (IMF) | A national staff deminer, working for a private company contracted on behalf of an International Organisation, was killed in a targeted IMF airstrike. The company has suspended operations in the area until further notice. | Yes | Official Report |
1679 | Jun | 4 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 11.123514 | 22.961818 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was killed due to fighting between two tribal groups. | Yes | Focal Point |
1447 | Jun | 5 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Road | 0.127567 | 34.278379 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An aid agency worker was killed and dumped in a bush in Rarieda, Siaya County. Police stated that an investigation has been launched. UPDATE: She was on her way to buy a plot of land, and this was assessed as a criminal matter, unrelated to her status as an aid worker. | Pending | Media |
1451 | Jun | 6 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 34.011163 | 71.568895 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One polio vaccinator was killed and another injured when they were attacked by two gunmen on a motorcycle. The UN agency running the vaccination campaign in Peshawar temporarily suspended operations as a result. | Yes | Official Report |
1686 | Jun | 7 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.939815 | 33.809694 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | Three INGO staff members were tied up and beaten by drunk SPLA members for refusing to pay a bribe. | Yes | Focal Point |
1754 | Jun | 8 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.218055 | 37.105819 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted drivers were detained for 7 days by an unknown armed group, who stole the food rations that the trucks were transporting. They were eventually released on 14 June 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1470 | Jun | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.318849 | 68.854718 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Afghan National Police (ANP) | One NGO doctor was abducted on his way back to Maidan Shahr from Nirkh after passing an ANP check post. He was beaten unconscious while in their captivity, demanded he provide them with weaponry and ammunition, accused him of being a spy, and he was released later in the day after intervention by locals. | Yes | Official Report |
1743 | Jun | 9 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.806881 | 36.317978 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver was severely injured when a missile hit his truck. He was hospitalized, and the cargo in the truck was completely destroyed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1442 | Jun | 10 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.274566 | 63.11168 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Three national NGO staff members were kidnapped while in transit. UPDATE: 18 June all the three abductees were released unharmed in Seyah Sang area of Pashtun Zarghun, following the negotiations held by the community elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1785 | Jun | 11 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.965478 | 38.979869 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al-Nusra Front | One UN-contracted driver was stopped and detained for five days by Al Nosrah Front. | Yes | Focal Point |
1786 | Jun | 11 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.014272 | 40.447052 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al-Nusra Front | Two UN-contracted drivers were stopped and detained by Al Nosrah Front. | Yes | Focal Point |
1716 | Jun | 12 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.883662 | 30.045535 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted assistant driver was shot in the chest and killed by a group of armed men demanding cash. | Yes | Focal Point |
1739 | Jun | 13 | 2013 | MM | Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 16.783822 | 96.156356 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN consultant was attacked from behind by an unknown assailant, who unsuccessfully tried to slit her throat. She was immediately hospitalized and required surgery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1443 | Jun | 15 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 37.412663 | 66.047083 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One NGO staff member involved in the polio campaign was shot and killed outside of her residence. The motive behind the attack is yet to be determined. UPDATE: It is believed to have resulted from a dispute rather than being related to the victims NGO affiliation. | Yes | Official Report |
1446 | Jun | 19 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 2.043557 | 45.314087 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One UN staffer, 3 UN contractors, and 4 guards were killed during a complex attack, when a VBIED rammed the UN's external gate and was simultaneously detonated. Seven assailants entered the compound on foot, tossing hand grenades in the process. Another UN staffer and 4 other guards were also injured. | Yes | Official Report |
1448 | Jun | 21 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.848925 | 31.582724 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | National Security Personnel | One UN staff member was hospitalized after being physically assaulted by National Security personnel and locked up in the UN vehicle she was driving, allegedly for obstructing the VVIP motorcade at John Garang Mausoleum, Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
1449 | Jun | 22 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.40057 | 31.162043 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO official was stabbed to death while en route by car between Juba and Yei. | Pending | Media |
1460 | Jun | 26 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 34.340489 | 62.199587 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff member of an NGO was hospitalized after two men, armed with a knife and sticks, attacked while he was on his motorbike, en route to work in Herat City. This incident is not related to the staff member’s employment with an NGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1750 | Jun | 28 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.677839 | 36.708053 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted drivers were stopped by armed groups near Ma'ar Shoreen and forced to drive to an area close to Jabal az Zawiyah, where they were held. All food rations were taken from the trucks. The drivers and the trucks were released on 30 June 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1751 | Jun | 29 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.383945 | 36.69235 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver was stopped nearby Morek area by an unknown armed group. He was then taken to Jabal az Zawiyah, where he was held for seven days and his documents and mobile phone confiscated. He was eventually released with his truck, but without the cargo. | Yes | Focal Point |
1836 | Jun | 29 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -0.358216 | 42.545087 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One INGO nurse was killed by a stray mortar during clashes between clan militias. The nurse was assisting the wounded at the time of the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1455 | Jun | 30 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.418522 | 64.472354 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One staff member of a demining NGO was killed and another injured when an IED detonated against their motorcycle. | Yes | Official Report |
1710 | Jul | 1 | 2013 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | -0.606542 | 30.674716 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was stabbed during an apparent robbery by unknown assailants. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, but died upon arrival. | Yes | Media |
1458 | Jul | 3 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Road | 34.042678 | 62.169768 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO national staff members and a hired driver were conducting a road mission when they were abducted by unknown armed men. UPDATE: All three were released from captivity, with the assistance of community elders on 12 July 2013. | Yes | Official Report |
1790 | Jul | 3 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.863611 | 36.800556 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Shareea Court | One UN-contracted driver was kidnapped by an armed group called Shareea Court. Attempts to contact the driver have been unsuccessful thus far. | Yes | Focal Point |
1459 | Jul | 4 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 12.049767 | 24.883365 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two INGO national workers were killed and one was in critical condition after a grenade exploded in their office during fighting in Nyala between Government troops and rebels. | Yes | Official Report |
1687 | Jul | 4 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 5.766534 | 20.683388 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Seleka | One INGO staff member was beaten by Seleka members at a checkpoint. | Yes | Focal Point |
1706 | Jul | 4 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 9.55012 | 44.066165 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was attacked by a gang and suffered a knife wound to the hand. | Yes | Focal Point |
1471 | Jul | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 35.910222 | 68.290924 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO staff member and his driver were stopped by five armed men and subsequently robbed and beaten. | Yes | Official Report |
1515 | Jul | 11 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 0.485973 | 29.458168 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four national INGO staff were kidnapped by an armed group. UPDATE: one staff member escaped and was found unharmed over a year later, on 29 August 2014; no news regarding the other three staff members, however. | Yes | Official Report |
1850 | Jul | 12 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 10.828468 | 49.252965 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One INGO staff member was injured when shooting broke out during what seems to have been an inter-clan attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1473 | Jul | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.375979 | 64.465167 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One staff member from a demining NGO was killed in transit by a roadside IED. | Yes | Official Report |
1472 | Jul | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 31.187788 | 62.089746 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO national staff members, visiting the Awar area to supervise a vaccination project, were abducted by unknown armed gunmen. UPDATE: They were release 3 days later, following negotiations with the help of local elders from the beneficiary community. | Yes | Official Report |
1614 | Jul | 14 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.470376 | 36.30053 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member suffered head injuries on 9 July 2013 when a shell exploded at the southern end of Palestine Street in Yarmouk. He subsequently died five days later on 14 July 2013. | Yes | Official Report |
1752 | Jul | 16 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.653849 | 38.638973 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver was stopped and detained by an unknown armed group, who requested a ransom. | Yes | Focal Point |
1474 | Jul | 17 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 0.188463 | 40.283483 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard for an NGO was shot when he interrupted what was likely an attempted armed robbery of an NGO compound in Dadaab. | Yes | Official Report |
1475 | Jul | 17 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 37.182341 | 68.913042 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national staff member of an INGO was injured and required a leg amputation when an IED attached to a bicycle detonated against the ANP vehicle in which he/she was traveling. | Yes | Official Report |
1516 | Jul | 19 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.361698 | 18.555975 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO Country Director was wounded after being shot. Two unidentified men attacked him as he was parking his car, asking for the keys to the vehicle and, as he tried to escape, he was hit in the leg by a bullet. | Yes | Focal Point |
1552 | Jul | 20 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 33.813945 | 68.94788 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One driver of an INGO ambulance was seriously injured when struck with small arms fire while in the crossfire between ANSF and AOG fighters. | Yes | Official Report |
1713 | Jul | 22 | 2013 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 8.218894 | 43.557972 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted warehouse worker was shot and killed by armed men suspected to be part of an insurgent group. | Yes | Focal Point |
1517 | Jul | 23 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 6.769623 | 47.430615 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A senior leader of a local NGO was shot dead by two masked gunmen shortly as he left Imamu-Shafici mosque in Garsor village of Galkayo. | Yes | Media |
1535 | Jul | 25 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 0.003728 | 40.368204 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An NGO staff member was stabbed to death by his neighbour when an argument between the two turned violent. | Yes | Official Report |
1740 | Jul | 27 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 35.995534 | 37.000089 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN driver was the victim of an armed robbery and was shot in the back twice by unidentified armed men. He was hospitalized and is in stable condition. | Yes | Focal Point |
1536 | Jul | 28 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.511867 | 36.576478 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Nine volunteers and two staff with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were injured when a distribution point in al-Qusur was hit with a mortar shell. | Yes | Official Report |
1537 | Jul | 31 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.038489 | 66.721209 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO staff member was killed when the car he was traveling in was stopped by AOG at an illegal checkpoint. Four others were in the car (not staff members); three of them were also killed but one was released to report the incident. There is no indication that the incident was related to his work. | Yes | Official Report |
1844 | Jul | 31 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.045742 | 45.302612 | Incidental | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | Two LNGO staff were injured when Somali National Government (SNG) forces opened fire on the LNGO vehicle, allegedly because the vehicle did not stop when ordered to do so. The two staff were taken to a hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1638 | Aug | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 33.483333 | 36.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer, after having disappeared for five months, died on 8 January 2014. | Yes | Official Report | |
1806 | Aug | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.998371 | 24.334143 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot and critically injured during an attempted carjacking/robbery. Three others were also in the vehicle, but they were unharmed. | Yes | Focal Point | |
1895 | Aug | 3 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Public location | 35.959411 | 38.998105 | Disputed | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | An American aid worker was killed in Raqqa, Syria on February 6th, 2015. She was initially kidnapped by militants on August 3rd, 2013. ISIS militants alledge that she was killed in retaliatory Jordanian airstrikes on Raqqa. The circumstances surrounding her death are contested by administration officials in the Jordanian and American governments, who believe that the aid worker was killed by ISIS. | Yes | Official Report |
1538 | Aug | 4 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 4.848775 | 31.508604 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was assaulted and robbed by four young men. | Yes | Official Report |
1539 | Aug | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.38015 | 31.804769 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed when unknown attackers shot at a marked NGO vehicle travelling on the Bor to Juba road. | Yes | Official Report |
1540 | Aug | 5 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 4.809329 | 31.633258 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One staff member was killed and one wounded when their vehicle was attacked. | Yes | Media |
1555 | Aug | 8 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.499742 | 36.295234 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was killed. | Yes | Official Report |
1554 | Aug | 9 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 34.917211 | 70.764156 | Incidental | Host State | Afghan Armed Forces | One NGO staff member was injured when an ANA fired mortar shell landed in a residential area. | Yes | Official Report |
1556 | Aug | 15 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.277528 | 62.614173 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One off-duty NGO national staff member was killed while acting as a bodyguard to a local powerbroker when they were ambushed while in transit. This is likely related to a family and/or tribal dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1557 | Aug | 17 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Project site | 10.130742 | 33.327557 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was killed by a staff member of another INGO allegedly over domestic dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1558 | Aug | 18 | 2013 | IN | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 18.970715 | 72.819421 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One American working for an NGO was slashed by an assailant on her face and neck and robbed while on a commuter train. | Pending | Media |
1559 | Aug | 18 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 36.983382 | 67.047065 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A guard of an NGO-run clinic was shot and wounded when three armed men tried to gain access to the clinic and were refused. | Yes | Official Report |
1560 | Aug | 20 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.519919 | 32.490316 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One driver was shot when gunmen opened fire on four UN-contracted trucks. | Yes | Official Report |
1561 | Aug | 20 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 33.814659 | 68.947602 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO ambulance driver was wounded with small arms fire when passing through an clash between AOG and ANSF. | Yes | Official Report |
1562 | Aug | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 32.318414 | 63.216539 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One assistant driver of an IO-contracted food delivery truck was killed when a roadside IED exploded against his truck. | Yes | Official Report |
1563 | Aug | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.816435 | 67.816707 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two international aid workers were kidnapped and safely released three days later. Security officials said it was probably the work of hostage takers since the area is not a stronghold of the insurgency. | Yes | Official Report |
1564 | Aug | 25 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 35.204333 | 61.607134 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Five national staff members of an INGO were kidnapped while traveling in a taxi returning to their field office. All five were later killed. This was not a targeted incident. | Yes | Official Report |
1565 | Aug | 26 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.787959 | 70.478834 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was injured when a stray mortar struck a school where s/he was delivering a training. | Yes | Official Report |
1566 | Aug | 27 | 2013 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.865951 | 35.21448 | Incidental | Host State | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One UN staff member was shot and killed by IDF soldiers during clashes on an overnight arrest raid at the Qalandia refugee camp. | Pending | Media |
1567 | Aug | 31 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 4.858778 | 31.598305 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One UN staff member was assaulted by a person suspected to be an SPLA soldier while walking from the Olympic hotel in Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
1568 | Aug | 31 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 4.849379 | 31.508672 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was robbed and assaulted by two unknown masked men who entered and robbed his home, then removed him by force from his home and brought him to the forest where they continued to assault him and ask for money. | Yes | Official Report |
1569 | Aug | 31 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Unknown | Unknown | 31.610269 | 65.701536 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A national staff driver was wounded when a body-borne IED was detonated. The attack was aimed at Afghanistan National Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1741 | Sep | 1 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.026156 | 45.331465 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Police | Two UN-contracted employees were shot and wounded by police as they were trying to enter the seaport. | Yes | Focal Point |
1570 | Sep | 2 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Project site | 36.21614 | 37.166897 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A Syrian doctor was kidnapped from Sejou village where he was working and found killed one day later in Aleppo province. | Yes | Media |
1571 | Sep | 5 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.423689 | 65.975326 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three male NGO national staff members and two drivers - affiliated with an NSP project - were kidnapped and released three days later on September 8th following negotiations by the local community, elders and community representatives to help secure their release. | Yes | Official Report |
1675 | Sep | 5 | 2013 | AM | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Unknown | 40.182387 | 44.511848 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was beaten by a group of unknown men in Yerevan. He was subsequently hospitalized and required surgery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1572 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 9.259642 | 29.800035 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was assaulted by three persons who allegedly disguised themselves as visitors at his residence in Kalibalak, Bentiu. He was evacuated to the hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1574 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 6.491239 | 17.45499 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | During an evacuation, two national staffers of an INGO were killed in transit while returning to base from a construction site in the area of Bossangoa. | Yes | Focal Point |
1680 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | SV | El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 13.692667 | -89.218216 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international consultant was shot and killed as he was withdrawing money from a bank. | Yes | Focal Point |
1742 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 33.786498 | 66.714834 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Community members | Two UN-contracted drivers were severely beaten by local community members for giving a ride to two women who were allegedly running away from their families. Both drivers were hospitalized and warned not to give rides to non-UN personnel. | Yes | Focal Point |
1851 | Sep | 7 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.032836 | 45.33976 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | An INGO guard was wounded during an Al Shabaab attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1573 | Sep | 8 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 4.873301 | 31.589264 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Robbers at a UN compound assaulted the UN-contracted guard, who was taken to the hospital for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1575 | Sep | 8 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 34.361066 | 68.851885 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two NGO staff members were hospitalized as a result of an AOG-initiated bomb blast accompanying a complex attack close to the NGO office. The NGO office was not the target of the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1753 | Sep | 12 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.076682 | 39.680846 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver was stopped by an unknown armed group in Kabajeb village, but was forced to drive to Mhambil village and off-load the cargo. The driver was detained for two days and was released with his empty truck on 14 September 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1578 | Sep | 13 | 2013 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 6.908154 | 122.088461 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) | Five local Red Cross volunteers were injured when Nur Misuari-led faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fired a rifle grenade in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Zamboanga City. | Pending | Media |
1577 | Sep | 14 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.476697 | 61.410496 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two national staff members of a demining INGO were kidnapped by AOG while traveling from Islam Qala toward Herat. They were released the following day. | Yes | Official Report |
1734 | Sep | 16 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.10564 | 70.972262 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An NGO security guard was shot during an armed robbery. He later died from his wounds two days later, on 18 September. | Yes | Focal Point |
1664 | Sep | 19 | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -1.659905 | 29.221005 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO national staff member was shot and injured just as he reached his house, on his way home from work. He was subsequently hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point |
1579 | Sep | 22 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 28.00069 | 69.31894 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female social worker employed by a local NGO was kidnapped by unidentified armed men and killed. | Yes | Official Report |
1688 | Sep | 22 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 10.616478 | 47.366652 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | One INGO staff member was attacked by refugees, who were upset about the lack of food. The staff member sufferred a broken nose. | Yes | Focal Point |
1580 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.492154 | 27.993158 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One UN staff member was assaulted after group of people at the scene of road traffic accident forcibly asked the staff member to transport a non-UN casualty to a hospital - while the injured was being received at the hospital, an unknown person assaulted the staff member. | Yes | Official Report |
1581 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | KE | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -1.256975 | 36.803277 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Two UN personnel and a UN contractor were reported injured during a complex attack by al-Shabaab at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi. | Yes | Official Report |
1582 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.884819 | 61.140623 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One NGO ambulance driver was kidnapped by AOG at an illegal checkpoint. The driver was released unharmed in the Islam Abad area of Khaki Safed District unharmed, following the intervention of local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1583 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 28.000421 | 69.318844 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Spouse | One female NGO worker was shot and killed by her husband in an honor killing. | Pending | Media |
1584 | Oct | 1 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 32.64052 | 65.570947 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Four locally-employed workers (three labourers and a driver) who were subcontracted by a Community Development Council for an NGO-implemented NSP programme were killed after being intercepted by AOG while en route to a stone quarry. | Yes | Official Report |
1834 | Oct | 1 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 35.951414 | 39.026307 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One INGO worker was kidnapped by ISIS in Ar-Raqqah, while on his way to Deir Ezzour. UPDATE: The individual was killed in November 2014. | Pending | Media |
1585 | Oct | 3 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 4.824871 | 31.607858 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member sustained injuries during a fight with three robbers at his home. | Yes | Official Report |
1591 | Oct | 3 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 8.955277 | 27.509186 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One NGO staff member was assaulted by an SPLA soldier. | Yes | Official Report |
1586 | Oct | 4 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 30.191604 | 66.998056 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A local NGO director was reportedly kidnapped for ransom by armed men while heading to his office. The rescue attempt failed to recover the victim. UPDATE: the director was freed on 7 December 2013 by his abductors in Mastung district. | Yes | Official Report |
1587 | Oct | 4 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 27.529402 | 68.757858 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of an INGO was abducted on the road. | Yes | Official Report |
1588 | Oct | 6 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.306405 | 44.1896 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN international staff member was ambushed and kidnapped by armed men while he was in his vehicle. UPDATE: He was released on 8 November 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1590 | Oct | 6 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 4.839911 | 31.611074 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN staff members were severely assaulted and sustained multiple stab wounds at the vicinity of their compound in the evening. They were admitted into a hospital for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1589 | Oct | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.580692 | 69.221584 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three national NGO staff members (driver and two engineers) were ambushed and kidnapped. A third engineer was present but managed to escape. | Yes | Official Report |
1592 | Oct | 12 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.105581 | 70.51334 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An off-duty NGO staff member, along with seven other civilians, was killed when the bazaar was struck by a rocket launched by an armed opposition group. Nine other civilians were injured. | Yes | Official Report |
1593 | Oct | 13 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 34.801572 | 71.216105 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) | A community health worker, who seemed to have ties to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) fighters, was abducted by members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He was abducted with at least three IEA fighters, who were able to escape, but the community health worker was recaptured and killed. He was beaten to death with sticks. | Yes | Official Report |
1602 | Oct | 13 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.899383 | 36.763292 | Unknown | Islamic State (IS) | Six ICRC staff and one Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer were abducted by gunmen who had opened fire on the Red Cross convoy as they were traveling to Damascus. Three ICRC staff and the one Red Crescent volunteer were released the next day. The ICRC is awaiting information on the remaining three. Reports from ICRC in April 2019 indicate the remaining international staff member and two national staff members may still be alive, although specific information about their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Media | |
1690 | Oct | 21 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 32.264539 | 68.524715 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three INGO staff members were injured by flying glass after an IED detonation. | Yes | Focal Point |
1594 | Oct | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.002473 | 62.224309 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local NGO workers were shot and wounded when the bus they were traveling on was fired at by armed men attempting an ambush at an illegal checkpoint. The bus kept driving and victims received medical treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1845 | Oct | 22 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 6.766627 | 47.429627 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO security guard was shot and injured by an unknown armed man. The attack may have been connected to an inter-clan dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1595 | Oct | 23 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.008688 | 24.840129 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The head of a Sudanese NGO was killed when armed carjackers ambushed and hijacked the NGO vehicle. Another NGO staff member and a police officer were also injured. The attack happened about 15 kilometers southwest of Nyala. | Pending | Media |
1755 | Oct | 27 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.713542 | 25.617136 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted employees (driver and assistant) were abducted by an unknown armed group (suspected to be rebel elements) and the contents of the truck were stolen. The truck was traveing in a convoy escorted by the Popular Defence Forces. The driver and the assistant were eventually released on 20 November 2013. | Yes | Focal Point |
1689 | Oct | 29 | 2013 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 4.482944 | 41.664859 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was abducted and very severely beaten by three armed militia men. The attack may be related to tribal politics. | Yes | Focal Point |
1596 | Oct | 30 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.699185 | 24.99564 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A UN contractor was carjacked and abducted by unknown criminals while driving along the Nyala-El Fasher road. | Yes | Official Report |
1791 | Oct | 30 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.815088 | 25.414386 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver was abducted by a rebel group on board a Land Cruiser. | Yes | Focal Point |
1605 | Nov | 3 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Office/compound | 33.991882 | 71.498232 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A security guard was injured when unknown individuals hurled a hand grenade inside an INGO guest house. Staff was relocated to Islamabad. | Yes | Official Report |
1619 | Nov | 5 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 37.100701 | 70.556332 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An INGO staff member was stabbed and killed by the son of the mayor of Faizabad. | Yes | Official Report |
1601 | Nov | 6 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.927027 | 66.142532 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An off-duty NGO staff member was shot and killed by two unknown gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1693 | Nov | 6 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 33.510823 | 36.30675 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was injured when a mortar landed inside the INGO project site; the staff received shrapnel to the chest. | Yes | Focal Point |
1598 | Nov | 7 | 2013 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 18.532498 | -72.333064 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international worker was injured and one national worker killed during an armed break-in at an orphanage. Three burglars assaulted them with a hammer and demanded money. The national worker was an unarmed security guard who died protecting the international staff member. | Pending | Media |
1780 | Nov | 7 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.362361 | 18.554524 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Ex-Seleka | An INGO-contracted driver, while driving from a program site to a hotel parking lot, was shot and killed by most likely ex-Seleka soldiers. There may have been an ethnic/religious component to the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1788 | Nov | 8 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.414805 | 25.468676 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three UN-contracted individuals (driver and 2 assistants) were kidnapped by unknown armed men aboard two Land Cruiser vehicles. The driver, the two assistants, and the truck were released six days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1597 | Nov | 11 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 36.889853 | 38.369716 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer of the Ein Al Arab sub-branch in Aleppo was killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1599 | Nov | 11 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.689845 | 62.732388 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff member working for an INGO implementing partner was abducted by five unknown armed men. The individual was released two days later on November 13 after a local elder mediated. | Yes | Official Report |
1744 | Nov | 15 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.475759 | 25.299246 | Unknown | Host State | Sudanese Armed Forces | One UN-contracted driver was shot in the right shoulder by soldiers of the Sudan Armed Forces at a checkpoint. He was hospitalized immediately. | Yes | Focal Point |
1838 | Nov | 17 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.717466 | 44.768614 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff member working at Marka General Hospital was shot and killed by unknown armed militia. The incident was reportedly related to clan revenge. | Yes | Official Report |
1611 | Nov | 18 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 34.501665 | 69.157429 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two international NGO staff members, while walking on the hillside above Babur Gardens, were approached by three young men who stole their phones and wallets. The perpetrators beat the male staff member when he tried to retrieve their phones. He sustained injuries and received medical treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1600 | Nov | 19 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.092538 | 70.469295 | Political | Criminal | Unknown | Three national staff members of a UN implementing partner were abducted by an unknown armed group. They were released the next day with the help of tribal elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1692 | Nov | 19 | 2013 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 32.879813 | 13.19014 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was kidnapped for a few days, beaten, and extorted of money by militiamen. | Yes | Focal Point |
1666 | Nov | 21 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 32.92689 | 66.141517 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two polio workers were abducted on 21 November and found dead the following day by Afghan National Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1604 | Nov | 22 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 36.727865 | 68.867998 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One female and one male NGO staff member were injured when their NGO vehicle was attacked by anti-government forces. Three other NGO staff were on board, and they were rescued by Afghan Local Police after an attempted kidnapping. | Yes | Official Report |
1603 | Nov | 24 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.910763 | 65.028694 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two local NGO staff members were abducted by unknown individuals. | Yes | Official Report |
1606 | Nov | 24 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 33.452008 | 36.376632 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member was killed when a mortar shell struck his vehicle as he was driving near Damascus airport. He and three other passengers in the vehicle were killed instantly. | Yes | Official Report |
1691 | Nov | 24 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.365346 | 23.142106 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was shot during a carjacking. | Yes | Focal Point |
1608 | Nov | 25 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 4.611755 | 31.263156 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national UN staff member was injured when two teenagers attempted to steal his laptop bag. He received medical care at a UN hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1676 | Nov | 25 | 2013 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 10.291469 | 123.966694 | Incidental | Staff member | Not applicable | One INGO truck driver and his assistant began arguing for some unknown reason, and the conflict escalated to the assistant stabbing the truck driver outside of the INGO warehouse. The driver was hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point |
1609 | Nov | 26 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Project site | 32.627761 | 65.901625 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three aid workers involved in a village-level development project were killed by a remote-controlled bomb. | Pending | Media |
1846 | Nov | 26 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 3.117687 | 43.644197 | Economic | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | An INGO security guard was shot and wounded by a member of the Somali National Government forces. The attack appears to be related to a dispute over INGO employment. | Yes | Official Report |
1610 | Nov | 27 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.881989 | 64.686842 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Six Afghan staff of an INGO were killed and one was wounded when they were attacked by insurgents, who opened fire on them. The aid workers, who were working on different projects, may have been deliberately singled out for attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1807 | Dec | 2013 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -0.938692 | 29.073764 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were critically injured when they were physically assaulted with machetes during an attempted robbery. | Yes | Focal Point | |
1612 | Dec | 1 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 35.071902 | 62.875252 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two INGO staff and their driver, while distributing food at a school, were abducted by anti-government extremists. (A third INGO staff member was present but managed to escape.) After community elders intervened, the two INGO staff and the driver were released two days later on December 3. | Yes | Official Report |
1613 | Dec | 2 | 2013 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 32.6327 | 36.106299 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A UN staff member was killed by shrapnel from a mortar round that struck her residence. | Yes | Official Report |
1621 | Dec | 5 | 2013 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 4.361698 | 18.555975 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One off-duty INGO national staff member was shot and killed by armed intruders at his home. The attack seems to have been religiously motivated. | Yes | Focal Point |
1622 | Dec | 5 | 2013 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 15.352027 | 44.212945 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | Two Germans and one Yemeni co-worker were killed and one Yemeni co-worker was wounded in an attack by Al Qaeda-linked militants on the Yemeni defense ministry complex (two additional staff were present but unhurt). The German staff were in the hospital due to medical treatment. The complex was targeted because it supposedly accommodated drone control rooms and American experts. Over 50 people were killed and over 160 injured in the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1623 | Dec | 6 | 2013 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 11.671952 | 11.534682 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member suffered gunshot wounds when the NGO was robbed by gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1624 | Dec | 7 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Office/compound | 4.577313 | 28.39885 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A security guard for an INGO compound was attacked by an armed intruder. The guard was hospitalized and is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
1625 | Dec | 7 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.308525 | 64.813115 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN contractor de-mining staff member was abducted by unknown gunmen in Musa Qala District. | Yes | Official Report |
1847 | Dec | 7 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.983244 | 44.283339 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO-contracted driver was shot and kiled by an unidentified gunman. | Yes | Official Report |
1677 | Dec | 8 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 4.57736 | 28.398834 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard at an INGO compound was struck by the butt of a gun when he intervened in a conflict between the assailant and another INGO staff member. The guard sustained a deep wound and was hospitalized. | Yes | Focal Point |
1626 | Dec | 13 | 2013 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15.075763 | -7.519128 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An NGO humanitarian worker was killed by unknown robbers. | Yes | Official Report |
1636 | Dec | 14 | 2013 | AR | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | -34.603803 | -58.381552 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international UN staffer was robbed and attacked on the street, suffering substantial injuries and requiring hospitalization. | Yes | Official Report |
1694 | Dec | 14 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.846628 | 71.09726 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO contracted driver was killed when his vehicle hit an IED. | Yes | Focal Point |
1627 | Dec | 16 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 6.799846 | 33.126794 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One nationally recruited INGO member was injured by a stray bullet when a fight involving the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) erupted. | Yes | Official Report |
1628 | Dec | 17 | 2013 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.405904 | 70.359338 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN Agency Implementing Partner staff member was traveling in the organization's vehicle when stopped by an armed group and subsequently abducted. | Yes | Official Report |
1678 | Dec | 17 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 13.114815 | 23.864988 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were severely beaten by six masked men attempting to rob their guest house. | Yes | Focal Point |
1630 | Dec | 19 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 7.785145 | 33.002922 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Youths | An INGO staff member was killed by Nuer youth during an attack on a UN base in Akobo, where the staff was taking refuge. The attack seems to have been ethnically motivated. | Yes | Official Report |
1781 | Dec | 19 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 6.219415 | 31.549315 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was killed while one his way from home to the INGO compound. There are no clear details about how he was killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1745 | Dec | 21 | 2013 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 9.949996 | 30.267263 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national INGO worker was targeted and killed by unknown armed assailants. It is likely that the killing was linked to the employee's Nuer ethnicity. | Yes | Focal Point |
1711 | Dec | 23 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 15.450513 | 36.399923 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was stabbed and killed by an armed intruder during what seems to be an attempted robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1852 | Dec | 29 | 2013 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 0.645158 | 41.560769 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Five local NGO staff members were abducted by unidentified gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
1789 | Dec | 31 | 2013 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.566277 | 25.479459 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN-contracted individuals (driver and assistant) were abducted by an unknown armed group. The driver, his assistant, and the truck were released 20 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
3565 | 2014 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Home | 36.191188 | 44.009189 | Unknown | Staff member | One UN international female staff was repeatedly drugged and sexually assaulted by a fellow staff member over the course of the year. | Yes | Focal Point | |||
1669 | Jan | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 7.18192 | 32.356109 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three aid workers were killed by unknown armed elements who looted several UN and NGO properties in Jonglei State. | Pending | Media | |
1631 | Jan | 2 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 35.517223 | 35.786359 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Five international staffers of an INGO (Belgian, Danish, Peruvian, Swedish, and Swiss) were forcibly taken from the organization's residence in Northern Syria 'for questioning,' and have been out of contact since 2 January. As a result, the organization closed some of its medical facilities in the area. UPDATE: Three were released on 4 April and the remaining two on 14 May 2014. | Yes | Media |
1632 | Jan | 2 | 2014 | CM | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 4.976647 | 14.042994 | Political | Aid recipient | Refugees | Two UN staff members were held against their will by refugees who believed the presence of the UN would prevent an attack by local villagers (the refugees feared a retaliatory attack as there was an altercation between the two parties on 1 January 2014). One UN staff member was released on 3 January 2014, and the other on 4 January 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1633 | Jan | 3 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.795825 | 44.077254 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | A national polio worker contracted by the UN was abducted by suspected Al Shabaab near Buur Hakaba. It appears that Al Shabaab believed those associated with the polio campaign to be spies. | Yes | Official Report |
1634 | Jan | 7 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 36.212883 | 37.164151 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Three local staff of an INGO were killed during a mortar attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1969 | Jan | 8 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Detention | Custody | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Unknown | A SARC volunteer died as a result of injuries he reportedly sustained in detention. This incident was verified by the IFRC. Further details surrounding the incident are not available. | Yes | Focal Point |
1914 | Jan | 11 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 36.816667 | 38.016667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A INGO guard sustained minor wounds to the neck when he was shot by an unidentified source. He was transported to a medical facility for treatment. | Yes | Focal Point |
1635 | Jan | 13 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 31.621777 | 65.054705 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Four UN-contracted polio doctors were abducted, taken to a desert area, and harshly beaten by anti-government forces. They were released a few hours later. | Yes | Official Report |
1671 | Jan | 14 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 4.361697 | 18.555978 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A national NGO staff member was stabbed, allegedly by a group of young Muslims, and found dead. | Yes | Official Report |
1639 | Jan | 17 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 34.537071 | 69.181356 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Two UN international staff were killed in a complex attack (one suicide bomber, two gunmen) at Taverna du Leban Restaurant in Kabul. The Taliban confirmed responsibility for the attack. At least 21 people (13 internationals and eight Afghans) have been reported dead. | Yes | Official Report |
1641 | Jan | 17 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 8.770132 | 27.39286 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national UN staff member, while in his private residence, was stabbed in the chest by an unknown person. | Yes | Official Report |
1642 | Jan | 18 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.073333 | 64.833889 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Three members of a UN-contracted demining team were stopped on the road and abducted by anti-government forces. UPDATE: The deminers were released on 5 February after tribal elders intervened. | Yes | Official Report |
1643 | Jan | 21 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 31.517771 | 64.114227 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Afghan Local Police | A UN-contracted volunteer vaccinator was shot and killed by Afghan Local Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1644 | Jan | 22 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 4.873132 | 31.589271 | Political | Aid recipient | Internally Displaced People (IDPs) | A local ICRC staff member was assaulted by IDPs when they reportedly heard the staff member discussing politics over the phone. The staff member was hospitalized. | Yes | Official Report |
1950 | Jan | 22 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.919424 | 24.933643 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A UN contracted truck driver was kidnapped off the road between Nyala and Gereida while driving a truck filled with provisions. The truck was also taken. The driver was subsequently released. | Yes | Focal Point |
1946 | Jan | 24 | 2014 | NP | Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 28.073282 | 81.621828 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A UN national staff member was attacked with acid at his house in Khajura Nepalgunj which left him with burns on his head, face, chest and other severe injuries at required extensive hospitalization. While the suspect has not been apprehended, it is possible that this could have been a personal attack as a result of a family dispute. | Yes | Focal Point |
1645 | Jan | 25 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.769709 | 47.430831 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The director of a local NGO was shot by unknown individuals while on his way home. | Yes | Media |
1928 | Jan | 27 | 2014 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 16.247142 | -0.005494 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | A national staff member was shot and killed by security forces who were engaging the crowd with small arms fire at a demonstration. His role in the demonstration is unknown since he lived in the vicinity. | Yes | Focal Point |
1947 | Jan | 27 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.200114 | 72.050801 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A UN national staff member was shot multiple times by three people in the leg and hand. The incident occured not far from the staffer's home while he was on his way to work. According to a police investigation, this incident was the result of a private dispute. | Yes | Focal Point |
1647 | Jan | 28 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 28.276899 | 68.451383 | Economic | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One male staff member of a local NGO was wounded when his vehicle was shot at. There were two other staffers aboard the vehicle, but they were unharmed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1916 | Jan | 30 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.816667 | 38.016667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | Three male staff members contracted by a INGO were kidnapped by ISIS and released approximately three months later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1953 | Feb | 1 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.703257 | 25.649257 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A UN contracted truck driver and his truck was hijacked off of a convoy by an unknown armed group while en-route from Ed Daien to Nyala. The driver fled the area. | Yes | Focal Point |
1646 | Feb | 8 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Ambush | Road | 34.728099 | 36.718627 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Arab Red Crescent driver was injured when an aid convoy came under attack from mortars and gunfire as it was exiting Homs. | Yes | Official Report |
1648 | Feb | 8 | 2014 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.304936 | -0.024646 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) | Four ICRC staff members and a veterinarian from another aid organization were kidnapped by MUJAO, a jihadist militant group, while traveling from Kidal to Gao. UPDATE: All five were rescued on 17 April 2014 by French troops near Timbuktu; they are in good health. | Yes | Media |
1881 | Feb | 8 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.730833 | 36.709444 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Red Crescent volunteer was injured when unknown assailants fired upon the vehicle he was traveling in when delivering aid. | Yes | Official Report |
1948 | Feb | 8 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.483333 | 36.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national aid worker was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Jaramana, Syria. He was released in Beirut 15 days later on February 23, 2014 after negotiations took place between the kidnappers and his family. | Yes | Focal Point |
1649 | Feb | 14 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 35.598148 | 64.763657 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO security guard was abducted by armed anti-government elements, who also stole computers and documents from the INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1663 | Feb | 16 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 11.441734 | 31.277537 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteer died in a landmine explosion, when he was on his way to respond to an emergency. | Yes | Official Report |
1650 | Feb | 17 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Office/compound | 36.700047 | 67.116638 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The director of a local NGO was killed in his office. Further details are unavailable at the moment. | Yes | Official Report |
1651 | Feb | 17 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.216672 | 70.383361 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two national UN staff members, part of a polio vaccination team, were abducted by armed gunmen. Four other team members were also abducted. An investigation is underway. UPDATE: All six were released unharmed on 29 April 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1652 | Feb | 18 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.540046 | 71.463185 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO-contracted driver was shot in the arm by a man fleeing on a motorcycle; the driver was hospitalized and is in stable condition. Two other staff members were aboard the vehicle but seem to have been unhurt. | Yes | Official Report |
1653 | Feb | 20 | 2014 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 50.450693 | 30.523241 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Police | One Ukrainian Red Cross Society volunteer was shot in the leg by a sniper while providing medical assistance during the unrest in Kiev. | Yes | Media |
1654 | Feb | 26 | 2014 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 18.434638 | 1.416614 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local INGO staff were injured when their vehicle drove over an improvised explosive device (IED) on the road. Both have been hospitalized but are in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
1922 | Feb | 28 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 7.1 | 16.933333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO international staff members were wounded during an armed robbery at the office. | Yes | Focal Point |
1655 | Mar | 4 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 34.464669 | 69.119684 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO national staff sustained injuries when he was robbed and stabbed by three robbers. | Yes | Official Report |
1656 | Mar | 7 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Unknown | 32.270122 | 65.049756 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A UN-contracted deminer, along with two civilians, was killed by an IED fixed to a motorcycle. | Yes | Official Report |
1657 | Mar | 8 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 8.410238 | 20.651292 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Seleka | One ICRC staff member was killed during a clash between French troops and Seleka rebels. Three other ICRC staff were present but were unhurt. | Yes | Official Report |
1660 | Mar | 9 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 4.361803 | 18.555973 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A Central African Red Cross volunteer was shot and killed in his parents' home. | Yes | Official Report |
1658 | Mar | 11 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 31.341322 | 63.993456 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three UN-contracted vaccinators were killed when their vehicle struck an IED. | Yes | Official Report |
1973 | Mar | 15 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 2.784056 | 45.500189 | Unknown | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | SNG soldier shot and killed a UN contracted driver of a truck carrying food aid in Hanti-Wadaag neighbourhood (Jowhar). The incident happened following an unknown dispute. The perpetrator was arrested. | Yes | Official Report |
1667 | Mar | 19 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 4.249962 | 18.416691 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO driver was stabbed by armed men who seized a water pump and demanded money for its return. | Yes | Official Report |
1661 | Mar | 20 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 13.626786 | 25.349635 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One ICRC warehouse storekeeper was killed by a stray bullet while on his way home from work in a private car. | Yes | Official Report |
1662 | Mar | 20 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.640653 | 61.987215 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An NGO employee working for a health clinic was abducted by anti-government elements. | Yes | Official Report |
1670 | Mar | 22 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 11.635326 | 24.907201 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local contractors of a INGO were abducted by the militia after an attack on Khor Abeche IDP camp. The contractors were released 24 days later. | Yes | Official Report |
1665 | Mar | 26 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.102489 | 66.920229 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Three UN-contracted deminers, while traveling in a private vehicle, were abducted at gunpoint by anti-government elements. UPDATE: All three were freed unharmed on 31 March in Shinkay District. | Yes | Official Report |
1672 | Mar | 27 | 2014 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | -1.233105 | 36.797793 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was shot in the leg by five armed robbers who broke into his personal residence and stole valuables; he was hospitalized and is in stable condition. The robbers also killed one security guard. | Yes | Official Report |
1878 | Mar | 31 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 36.211683 | 37.1473 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer was killed in the line of duty. No further information is available at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
1968 | Apr | 6 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A Syrian Red Cross volunteer died in the line of duty. Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point |
1699 | Apr | 7 | 2014 | LB | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 33.541698 | 33.541698 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed during clashes at a Palestinian camp in southern Lebanon. | Pending | Media |
1827 | Apr | 12 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 31.749899 | 70.342765 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three local NGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown gunmen while traveling in a local taxi in Kulachi area. | Yes | Official Report |
1682 | Apr | 13 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 8.997438 | 28.308152 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One UN staff member was assaulted by an SPLA officer in Wunrock. The staff sustained serious injuries and was taken to a clinic, where the perpetrator threatened the doctor not to treat the victim. | Yes | Official Report |
1695 | Apr | 17 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 6.219893 | 31.550046 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were killed during an attack on a UN base in Bor. | Yes | Focal Point |
1944 | Apr | 19 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Custody | 35.013333 | 37.0525 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A VBIED went off in Salamiyah town, severally damaging four trucks with food provisions. One sub-contracted driver for the UN was killed in the exposion and one was wounded as a result of the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1707 | Apr | 21 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 25.416822 | 68.275563 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | The executive director of a local NGO was killed by unidentified armed men. Some reports state that he was killed or resisting robbery, while others state that it was a targeted killing. | Yes | Media |
1967 | Apr | 22 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.509147 | 36.306485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A Syrian Red Cross volunteer died in the line duty. Note: This incident was verified by the IFRC. Further details were not available. | Yes | Focal Point |
1700 | Apr | 23 | 2014 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.005417 | 40.371461 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One UN staff member was shot and wounded by two armed men during an attempted carjacking; he has been hospitalized and is in stable condition. A passenger was also present but managed to flee. The armed men are suspected to be affiliated with Al-Shabaab, but the investigation is still ongoing. | Yes | Official Report |
1697 | Apr | 24 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 34.470552 | 69.114812 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Police | One American doctor was shot and killed by a member of the Afghan police assigned to protect the hospital. Two other American doctors, who were guests at the hospital and not affiliated with the INGO, were also killed. A fourth American doctor (also a guest) was wounded. | Yes | Official Report |
1959 | Apr | 25 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.366667 | 18.583333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO aid worker was assaulted in Bangui while on his way home after work. He later died in the hospital as a result of his injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
1698 | Apr | 26 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 7.099979 | 16.933402 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Ex-Seleka | Three INGO staff members were killed by armed ex-Seleka members during a meeting with community leaders to discuss medical care and access. The ex-Seleka proceeded to rob the office. Fifteen other individuals, all local chiefs, were killed as well. | Yes | Official Report |
1703 | Apr | 28 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 34.107547 | 64.305595 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A health worker was shot dead by armed men at a clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
1887 | Apr | 28 | 2014 | KH | Cambodia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 11.544873 | 104.892167 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A UN contractor was killed outside her home when she confronted her attacker, a man who was trying to steal her bicycle. | Pending | Media |
1704 | Apr | 30 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Unknown | 35.212132 | 71.522377 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A vaccinator was killed by an IED. Further details are unavailable. | Yes | Official Report |
1814 | Apr | 30 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 8.409089 | 20.650555 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Anti-Balaka | Three INGO staff members, while driving a truck to Ndele, were stopped and detained by Anti-Balaka. There are unconfirmed reports that two of the three may have been killed the next day. | Yes | Official Report |
1705 | May | 1 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 4.361538 | 18.555595 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Anti-Balaka | A UNHCR driver, on a personal visit to PK12 in BANGUI, was abducted by armed elements believed to belong to an Anti-Balaka faction. His body was later found in PK16. | Yes | Official Report |
1815 | May | 1 | 2014 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.402805 | 28.900472 | Political | Host State | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | An NGO staff member was physically assaulted by the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) for suspected collaboration with the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS). | Yes | Official Report |
1925 | May | 2 | 2014 | TD | Chad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 13.643056 | 16.491944 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Knife attack by three men on INGO and INGO partner staff member in bar. The 2 men were taken to hospital for emergency care. | Yes | Focal Point |
1954 | May | 5 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 33.176237 | 68.095446 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two UN-contracted truck drivers were kidnapped while off-loading provisions from their truck by anti-government elements (AGE). AGE elements assaulted the truck drivers and forced them to reload the truck before taking the trucks and drivers to an unknown location. The drivers were released with the trucks (but not the commodities) after three days of negotiations with community leaders. | Yes | Focal Point |
1730 | May | 6 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.272271 | 70.073967 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An NGO ambulance driver was abducted when the vehicle was hijacked by anti-government elements at an illegal checkpoint. | Yes | Official Report |
1731 | May | 10 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 36.130319 | 66.470093 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One national INGO staffer was killed and another wounded when anti-government elements attacked and shot at their vehicle. | Yes | Official Report |
1732 | May | 13 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 32.106175 | 66.906552 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two UN-contracted deminers were injured when a VBIED was remotely detonated against the Afghan National Police. | Yes | Official Report |
1733 | May | 14 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.439186 | 61.79427 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four national INGO staff were abducted by armed men. A fifth employee, the driver, was also abducted but managed to escape. UPDATE: All four have been released through the mediation of local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1756 | May | 15 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 35.688566 | 64.293656 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One NGO member was abducted by unknown armed men, believed to be anti-government elements. One government worker was also abducted. Both individuals were later released on 18 May 2014 after the intervention of community elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1757 | May | 16 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 34.011518 | 69.431056 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One local deminer working for an INGO was kidnapped and killed by anti-government elements. | Yes | Official Report |
1758 | May | 29 | 2014 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 16.416951 | -3.666631 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO workers were killed when a roadside IED detonated. | Yes | Official Report |
1760 | May | 29 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 7.785035 | 33.002909 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One INGO worker was reportedly killed in an inter-clan dispute. | Yes | Official Report |
1885 | May | 29 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Unknown | 35.98073 | 67.570854 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local INGO employees and their driver were injured when a IED detonated against their unmarked vehicle in Samangan Province. | Yes | Official Report |
1761 | May | 31 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.532873 | 71.055512 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local health worker was shot and injured by unidentified gunmen when she was on her way home. | Yes | Official Report |
1762 | Jun | 1 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 37.001793 | 70.894497 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local INGO staff members were killed when a roadside IED targeting the INGO vehicle was detonated. One civilian was also killed. | Yes | Official Report |
1763 | Jun | 2 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.343407 | 61.742272 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One senior-ranking INGO staff member was abducted by unidentified gunmen as he was returning from a school where he was providing services. UPDATE: The staff member has been located in Gulran district of Herat province, and Afghan officials are working with district elders to try to secure his release. Twelve people have been arrested in connection to his kidnapping. The INGO has suspended services in Afghanistan. UPDATE 2: The INGO staff member was released in February 2015 after 264 days. | Yes | Official Report |
1764 | Jun | 3 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Project site | 34.328643 | 70.406347 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO workers, while working on a road construction project, were abducted by unknown armed individuals. Three other staff members were also robbed of their mobile phones. | Yes | Official Report |
1879 | Jun | 3 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.730833 | 38.998105 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer was killed in the line of duty. No further information is available at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
1765 | Jun | 4 | 2014 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 31.206567 | 16.583324 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The head of the ICRC mission in Misrata, while leaving a meeting and walking to his vehicle, was shot and killed when masked gunmen in a car with tinted windows opened fire. The staff member later died in a nearby hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1767 | Jun | 6 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 12.911129 | 22.806256 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was shot and wounded by an armed man, who proceeded to steal his motorbike. | Yes | Official Report |
1768 | Jun | 9 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.269864 | 65.04965 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO deminer was shot and injured. It remains unclear if this was an intentional shooting or a stray bullet. | Yes | Official Report |
1931 | Jun | 9 | 2014 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 9.145 | 40.489673 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | IED attack. The attack wounded one male national staff worker. No further information is available. | Yes | Focal Point |
1769 | Jun | 10 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Project site | 34.271643 | 69.293706 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Eight NGO deminers were killed and three others injured when anti-government elements attacked a minefield. | Yes | Official Report |
1770 | Jun | 11 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.848675 | 61.877106 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One driver transporting water for an NGO project was abducted by five anti-government elements. | Yes | Official Report |
1771 | Jun | 16 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 10.640364 | 30.126361 | Political | Host State | Sudanese Armed Forces | One INGO worker was injured when Sudan's air force bombed and partially destroyed the INGO hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
1775 | Jun | 18 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.078168 | 24.644835 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four INGO local personnel and one local contractor were abducted by unknown gunmen. Fourteen staff members were initially abducted, but nine were released after negotiations. UPDATE: Two more INGO staff were released on 2 July 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1772 | Jun | 18 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.201859 | 24.663781 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO national staff members and one local UN consultant were abducted while traveling to Kutum. A third INGO staffer, the driver, was also abducted but later released. The vehicle was later abandoned. UPDATE: The two INGO staff and the UN consultant were released on 19 July 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1773 | Jun | 20 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 4.818897 | 31.546674 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Internally Displaced People (IDPs) | One pregnant NGO staff member was assaulted and injured by a male IDP patient. She was hospitalized for further treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
1774 | Jun | 21 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.068654 | 64.835257 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One deminer was found dead with gunshot wounds. The circumstances leading to his death remain unclear. | Yes | Official Report |
1958 | Jul | 1 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 33.177132 | 68.781077 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A male staff member was found shot and killed in Sharan district of Paktika province, along with two civilians (not counted in AWSD). The perpetrators of the attack are unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
1783 | Jul | 4 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO staff member, while exercising at a cricket club, was attacked by an unknown man, who broke her arm and attempted to drag her to an overgrown area. The staff member was able to scream, at which point the assailant left as others came to help her. | Yes | Official Report |
1797 | Jul | 6 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Janjaweed | One UN international staff member was abducted by gunmen on a Land Cruiser. UPDATE: he was released on 25 July 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1949 | Jul | 6 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 33.55 | 68.416667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One UN partner was kidnapped by anti-government elements while monitoring a program in Isfandeh village, Ghazni city. He was released on 9th July 2014 after tribal leaders were involved in the negotiations for his release. | Yes | Focal Point |
1917 | Jul | 7 | 2014 | TZ | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | -4.39207 | 32.898681 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A local national security guard was assaulted and shot in the leg when armed robbers broke into the premises of the INGO office. The guard was knocked unconscious and the robbers stole the cash box. | Yes | Focal Point |
3956 | Jul | 7 | 2014 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 31.514722 | 34.454167 | Unknown | Unknown | Not applicable | 7 UN staff were killed during the July 2014 conflict. Exact dates and locations unknown at this time. | Yes | Focal Point |
1784 | Jul | 10 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Project site | 34.653915 | 61.201502 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Six deminers were killed and one wounded when anti-government elements attacked the demining operation site. One person is also missing. | Yes | Official Report |
1854 | Jul | 10 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 35.199287 | 61.568483 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff were killed, one injured, and three abducted by armed men; the abducted individuals have since been released. The INGO convoy was on its way to its operations site when the attack occurred. Four local police who were escorting the convoy were also killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1792 | Jul | 14 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.039138 | 45.346191 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One UN agency contractor was killed in an attack by Al-Shabaab on a government forces vehicle. The victim was reportedly connected with the government and was not targeted for his capacity as an aid agency contractor. | Yes | Official Report |
1793 | Jul | 15 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.357798 | 62.348836 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Four INGO national staff members returning from a project visit were abducted by anti-government elements at an illegal checkpoint. UPDATE: two of the four INGO national staff members were released on 20 July and 21 July 2014; the other two remain unaccounted for. | Yes | Official Report |
1794 | Jul | 20 | 2014 | 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 | 31.412511 | 34.352024 | Incidental | Host State | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One UN worker was killed due to an air strike. The attack also killed her husband and daughter (not counted in database). | Yes | Media |
1795 | Jul | 21 | 2014 | 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 | 31.496933 | 34.468875 | Incidental | Host State | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One UN worker was killed while fleeing from fighting in Shejaiya district. Ten members of her family (not counted in database) were also killed in the attack. | Yes | Media |
1796 | Jul | 23 | 2014 | 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 | Road | 31.491189 | 34.444111 | Incidental | Host State | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One UN worker was killed during an air strike as he was on his way home. | Pending | Media |
1798 | Jul | 24 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.341944 | 62.203056 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two international aid workers, while in a taxi on the way to their office, were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle. | Yes | Media |
1799 | Jul | 25 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5225 | 65.251667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were killed by anti-government elements. Civilians and Afghan government and military personnel were also killed in the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1801 | Jul | 25 | 2014 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 31.53902 | 34.53835 | Unknown | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One Palestine Red Crescent Society volunteer was killed and three others wounded when their ambulance (clearly marked with the emblem of the Red Crescent society) was targeted in Beit Hanoun. | Yes | Official Report | |
1802 | Jul | 25 | 2014 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 31.304479 | 34.36039 | Unknown | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One Palestine Red Crescent Society volunteer was shot and killed. | Yes | Official Report | |
1880 | Jul | 26 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 35.959411 | 38.998105 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer was killed on duty. There is no further information available at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
2644 | Jul | 27 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.528056 | 37.954722 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One male national INGO staff member was detained by ISIS on July 27, 2014. Circumstances of the abduction are unkown. He was released on March 31, 2015 | Yes | Focal Point |
1800 | Jul | 28 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | 36.311851 | 36.687447 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national INGO staff member was seriously injured when a car bomb exploded close to a busy market. The staff member died soon after arriving at the hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
1943 | Jul | 28 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Office/compound | 36.533333 | 37.95 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | An INGO contracted national staff member was kidnapped by ISIS when he went to retrieve office belongings, which were confiscated on the previous day when ISIS had raided the organization's office. He was released after about a month. | Yes | Focal Point |
2414 | Jul | 29 | 2014 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.223252 | 35.830723 | Incidental | Host State | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One INGO aid worker was killed in Khan Younis during an attack on the residential neighborhood. He was taking refuge from the attack when he was killed (most likely from artillery or other aerial fire). The Israeli military reported that their attack on Khan Younis was in response to earlier Hamas firing on Israeli targets. | Yes | Official Report |
2645 | Jul | 29 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.82 | 38.02 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | 4 national INGO contracted staff were detained by ISIS on July 29, 2014. Exact release date is unkown, but all 4 contractors were confirmed released several months later. | Yes | Focal Point |
1810 | Jul | 31 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.164639 | 36.86522 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | Two female international aid workers were kidnapped by armed men. They were released in January 2015. | Pending | Media |
1877 | Aug | 1 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.513 | 36.292 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer was killed in the line of duty. No further details are currently available. | Yes | Official Report |
1804 | Aug | 3 | 2014 | 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 | Public location | 31.288231 | 34.253606 | Incidental | Host State | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One UN guard was killed during an air strike in Rafah in southern Gaza. | Yes | Official Report |
1805 | Aug | 4 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.945357 | 33.809026 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mabanese Defense Forces | One INGO worker was pulled out of the INGO vehicle and shot and killed, allegedly by the Mabanese Defense Forces. It appears that the killing was related to the individual's ethnicity. | Yes | Official Report |
1816 | Aug | 5 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.945242 | 33.809081 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mabanese Defense Forces | Two local INGO staff members were dragged out of their vehicle and shot and killed by the Mabanese Defense Forces. It appears that the killing was ethnically motivated. A third passenger was also shot and killed (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
1817 | Aug | 5 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 9.945122 | 33.809215 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mabanese Defense Forces | One INGO staff member was killed by the Mabanese Defense Forces at his home and another staffer, also hiding in the house, was abducted. It appears that the killing was ethnically motivated. A third staffer, also hiding in the house, managed to get away. | Yes | Official Report |
1919 | Aug | 5 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Office/compound | 36.6975 | 38.956667 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | A national staff member was kidnapped and detained in Tell Abyad by ISIS and then transfered to Ar-Raqqa. The staff member was released on August 30, 2014. | Yes | Focal Point |
1945 | Aug | 6 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 35.336 | 40.145 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A convoy of trucks with provisions were hit by a large explosion on their way to Deir Ezzor city. Two truck drivers subcontracted by the UN were killed by the exposion and 3 were injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
1924 | Aug | 7 | 2014 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 8.466667 | 34.033333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO driver and two passengers in a water supply truck were attacked en-route within their project site when they stopped. A group of people on the road attacked them after an altercation, which resulted in the physical assault of the passenger. The driver and secondary passenger managed to run away with minor injuries (not counted here). | Yes | Focal Point |
1923 | Aug | 9 | 2014 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 8.466667 | 34.033333 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Youths | An INGO driver was assaulted by 5 youths after getting out of his truck to apologise for splashing someone when driving past. | Yes | Focal Point |
1932 | Aug | 11 | 2014 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 1.292066 | 36.821946 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member in Nairobi was assaulted at home when burglers broke into his private residence to rob the house during the night. He was hospitalized as a result of his injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
1933 | Aug | 11 | 2014 | BJ | Benin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 9.30769 | 2.315834 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international aid worker was hospitalized after being attacked with machetes during a robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
1811 | Aug | 12 | 2014 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3.960093 | 24.908219 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | A national contractor of an INGO was killed by individuals who are suspected to be part of the LRA. His three children (not counted here) were also abducted. | Yes | Official Report |
1818 | Aug | 13 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.307049 | 62.136421 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO ambulance driver was abducted. He was released on 31 August following negotiation by community elders and a ransom payment. | Yes | Official Report |
1808 | Aug | 14 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.671608 | 61.981391 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Five ICRC staff members were abducted by a local armed group while traveling to deliver aid in Herat province. UPDATE: All 5 were released unharmed on 20 August. | Yes | Official Report |
1809 | Aug | 16 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.211003 | 69.097956 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Three local employees of a demining NGO were abducted by anti-government elements. The vehicles have been recovered, but no information concerning the abductees. | Yes | Official Report |
1952 | Aug | 17 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Office/compound | 36.4372 | 64.9228 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national staff member was wounded when a bomb went off in front of the office. | Yes | Focal Point |
1823 | Aug | 19 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.865924 | 71.521514 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three female teachers and one driver working for a local NGO were killed when their vehicle struck an IED. Two children were also killed in the blast. | Yes | Official Report |
1812 | Aug | 20 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Mob violence | Public location | 4.366602 | 18.552499 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One local Red Cross worker was killed by a bullet while trying to evacuate casualties during violent demonstrations in front of the MINUSCA headquarters in Bangui. | Yes | Official Report |
1813 | Aug | 24 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 37.474549 | 70.535009 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO national staff members were abducted by unknown men. They were released unhurt two days later, on 26 August. | Yes | Official Report |
1936 | Aug | 24 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.734772 | 70.811995 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Seven national staff members were kidnapped in Badakhshan. They were released 3 days later, after negotiations between the organizations' network and a local representative took place. The kidnappers demanded a ransom, which went unpaid. | Yes | Focal Point |
1890 | Aug | 26 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.171831 | 70.621679 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | NGO vehicle and driver were hijacked by armed persons in Rodat District while on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway. The driver was kidnapped and the vehicle was taken. An NGO staff member that was in the vehicle was injured in the attack but managed to escape. | Yes | Official Report |
1901 | Aug | 27 | 2014 | IL | Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 31.33573 | 34.394087 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An off duty volunteer was killed when a morter shell hit Nirim kibbutz. | Yes | Media |
1882 | Aug | 29 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 34.171831 | 70.621679 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An NGO staff member was shot and killed for unknown reasons in Khogyani District. | Yes | Official Report |
1819 | Aug | 31 | 2014 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.012818 | 29.356943 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) | Two national INGO doctors were abducted by individuals suspected to be part of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). They were released the following day after family members reportedly paid a ransom. | Yes | Official Report |
1820 | Aug | 31 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 14.204927 | 24.647866 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two guards on duty at an INGO health center were abducted by two armed men who broke in and also stole some property. The two guards were released the next day. | Yes | Official Report |
1824 | Sep | 2 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 34.002336 | 71.380977 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local NGO senior staff member was shot and killed while resisting a kidnap attempt. | Yes | Official Report |
1821 | Sep | 4 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.532579 | 29.63031 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One ICRC-contracted driver was shot and wounded when the convoy he was traveling with was robbed by armed men. | Yes | Official Report |
1822 | Sep | 6 | 2014 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Home | -1.658501 | 29.220455 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national UN staff member was injured by armed robbers when returning home with his wife. The UN staff member is in stable condition at the hospital. It is suspected that the robbers were members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). | Yes | Official Report |
1840 | Sep | 6 | 2014 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 3.93545 | 41.853051 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A driver, who was driving as part of an INGO humanitarian convoy, was wounded when an armed militia attacked. | Yes | Official Report |
1825 | Sep | 9 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Home | 27.585869 | 68.006017 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was abducted outside his home and killed. It appears to have been a personal matter, and not related to his employment with the INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1826 | Sep | 15 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.730833 | 36.709444 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was abducted on the Damascus-Aleppo Road. | Yes | Official Report |
1828 | Sep | 16 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 9.258853 | 29.800177 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) | One UN staff member was assaulted by SPLA soldiers and required medical treatment. Another UN staff member was also assaulted, but seems to have been unhurt. | Yes | Official Report |
1829 | Sep | 16 | 2014 | GN | Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 8.076658 | -8.782692 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One INGO staff member, along with seven other individuals (government officials and journalists), was killed in a mob attack. The group was part of an Ebola education team. It appears that the community members attacked because they believed that health workers were spreading the disease. | Yes | Official Report | |||
1872 | Sep | 23 | 2014 | GN | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 9.433333 | -13.083333 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | A team of five aid workers was attacked in Guinea by a crowd that grew hostile when the team started collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola. One the aid workers sustained a neck wound. | Yes | Media |
1830 | Sep | 24 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 33.98051 | 69.133384 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was abducted by anti-government elements at the INGO demining site. | Yes | Official Report |
1831 | Sep | 25 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 4.368349 | 18.55663 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Seven INGO staff members were wounded by the explosion of a grenade, which detonated while they were cleaning a ditch. | Yes | Official Report |
1832 | Sep | 25 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.874167 | 71.152778 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Six NGO contractors were abducted by anti-government elements. They were released the following day through the mediation of tribal elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1833 | Oct | 2 | 2014 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 48.014839 | 37.802772 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Donetsk People's Republic | One ICRC worker was killed when a shell landed near the office in Donetsk. According to various media reports, the Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels aligned with the Donetsk People's Republic traded blame for the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1920 | Oct | 3 | 2014 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.251793 | 125.00648 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member was stabbed several times and declared dead on arrive at the hospital. The suspect was apprehended. | Yes | Focal Point |
1837 | Oct | 7 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Home | 34.564422 | 71.254501 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN polio worker was killed in an IED explosion. Two others (not counted) were also killed in the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1930 | Oct | 11 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 7.644954 | 47.827913 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A national staff member in Burtinle, Somalia was assaulted and stabbed with a knife at home by two individuals that had personal grievances against the aid agency that employed the female staff member. | Yes | Focal Point |
1970 | Oct | 12 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | 2.042622 | 45.327289 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | A vehicle loaded with explosives detonated in front of Aroma Restaurant at Makah Al-Mukaram Road (Hawl-Wadaag District) in the evening. The restaurant was hosting an event to mark 60th anniversary of the founding of the Somali flag. Thirteen people were killed while 18 others were injured, one of the casualties was a local staff member of a INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1939 | Oct | 13 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.990556 | 35.970278 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One local INGO staff member was shot by crossfire during a private dispute while standing outside the clinic. Hospitalized, he is in stable condition. | Yes | Focal Point |
1955 | Oct | 15 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 7.47632 | 15.54011 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A national female staff worker for an INGO was attacked in her home with a machete during a home invasion. She fully recovered in the hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
1839 | Oct | 16 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Public location | 9.558889 | 31.652222 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Pro-SPLA Shiluk militia | One national UN staff member was kidnapped at gunpoint from Malakal airport by eight armed men. Reports made from the organization in August 2015 confirm that the staff member is presumed dead. | Yes | Official Report |
1848 | Oct | 25 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 4.840985 | 31.614001 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO international staff member was injured when two individuals on a boda boda stole her purse. The staff member was hospitalized but released soon thereafter. | Yes | Official Report |
1921 | Oct | 25 | 2014 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.17425 | 32.106467 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A staff member was shot and killed during a armed robbery. The staffer and a the driver were on their way from Mbarara town in South Western Uganda to Kampala. They were intercepted by the robbers in Kyabagaza Village in Butambala District where a verbal altercation occurred between the individuals and resulted in the staff member being shot. The vehicle and the driver were taken to a romote location and stripped of his belongings. | Yes | Focal Point |
1971 | Oct | 25 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 6.786372 | 47.433257 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Dir Clan | A gunman from Dir clan shot and killed a local NGO staff from Majerteen/Biciid yahan sub-clan in Galkacyo in the morning of 25/10. The killing is reportedly linked with verification of IDP registrations. | Yes | Official Report |
1873 | Nov | 7 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.730833 | 36.709444 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Two Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteers were killed when a mortar shell hit a civilian area of Homs as they transported supplies. | Yes | Official Report |
1951 | Nov | 8 | 2014 | GN | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 9.516667 | -13.7 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A team of Red Cross volunteers was attacked by a group of people that pelted the team with bricks and stones. One Red Cross volunteer that managed to return to their vehicle was wounded by shards of glass in her eye when the car window was hit by the a stone and shattered. She was taken to the hospital and had the glass removed from her eye. | Yes | Focal Point |
1853 | Nov | 10 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.855224 | 31.57988 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO driver was carjacked and beaten by three armed men. He suffered injuries to his face and arm. The attack occured in the evening. | Yes | Official Report |
1855 | Nov | 11 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 35.933094 | 64.750028 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One ICRC staff member, while visting Maimana prison to distribute winter clothes, was stabbed in the throat by a prisoner. He was hospitalized immediately. | Yes | Official Report |
1856 | Nov | 12 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 9.983333 | 33.5875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was shot and wounded by unknown persons while on duty at Batil camp. He sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized. | Yes | Official Report |
1857 | Nov | 12 | 2014 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.628174 | 22.504846 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN-contracted drivers (including seven loaders, not counted here) were kidnapped while transporting food and relief items; the two trucks were also taken. UPDATE: The seven loaders were released the next day, the two drivers were released on 18 November 2014, and the trucks have been recoverd. | Yes | Official Report |
1858 | Nov | 16 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 35.336 | 40.145 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | An international aid worker was kidnapped and later beheaded by terrorists. | Pending | Media |
1957 | Nov | 17 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 32.264539 | 68.524715 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | A male staff member of an INGO was abducted and murdered by Taliban members who attacked him with machetes and axes. | Yes | Focal Point |
1938 | Nov | 19 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 34.533333 | 69.166667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Police killed four Taliban suicide bombers during an attack on the Green Village, a compound housing foreign workers in Kabul. While the AGE did not reach their intended target (inside the compound), the force of the blast at the heavy guarded gate of the compound wounded one INGO staff worker. | Yes | Focal Point |
1860 | Nov | 24 | 2014 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.183699 | 29.450173 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO employee was killed an another injured in a carjacking attempt. | Yes | Official Report |
1972 | Nov | 24 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 3.128817 | 43.652716 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Al-Shabaab fighters abducted two local NGO staff members in Toosweyne. The abducted staff members were on a mission to visit a health facility in the area and were working on an immunization program. The NGO staff workers were released on 11/12 after 17 days in detention after the intervention of local elders. | Yes | Official Report |
1859 | Nov | 25 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.292374 | 70.574089 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | Three NGO staff were abducted by opposition forces from their private vehicle as they drove toward Jalalabad. Tribal elders negotiated their release three days later. | Yes | Official Report |
1937 | Nov | 27 | 2014 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 11.45 | 123.15 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A national staff member of an INGO was assasinated on his way home from work by a gunman who shot him five times and drove away with his accomplice on a motorcycle. The incident was most likely the result of a personal grievance. | Yes | Focal Point |
1862 | Nov | 29 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 34.533333 | 69.166667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | A Taliban raid on an INGO guest house killed one Afghan staffer and the South African director (along with his two children). The raid came amidst a spate of attacks on internationals in Kabul, and unsubstantiated rumors of Christian missionary activities regarding this INGO. | Pending | Media |
1875 | Nov | 30 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.945357 | 33.809026 | Unknown | Staff member | Security guard | A UN staff member was assaulted by an INGO security guard. The UN staff member was taken to the hospital as a result of the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1926 | Dec | 1 | 2014 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 1.733306 | 40.091751 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A INGO consultant was shot in the leg when armed individuals attacked the bar he was in with grenades and small arms. | Yes | Focal Point |
1863 | Dec | 3 | 2014 | SO | Somalia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Four Somali staff of a security firm contracted by the UN were killed when an Al Shabaab suicide bomber attacked a UN convoy near the Mogadishu airport. | Pending | Media |
1876 | Dec | 5 | 2014 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 32.625278 | 36.106111 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer was killed in the line of duty. | Yes | Official Report |
1927 | Dec | 7 | 2014 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 1.658501 | 29.220455 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member's home was raided by 4 men, who shot him in the leg and kidnapped his daughter (not counted in AWSD). She was later released after being sexually assaulted. | Yes | Focal Point |
1864 | Dec | 10 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.316675 | 17.46667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO vehicle was ambushed by armed men while it carried a patient to a hospital. The driver (and the patient) received serious stab wounds. | Yes | Official Report |
1865 | Dec | 11 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Raid | Project site | 34.533333 | 69.166667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | A German national working for a local NGO was among those killed on a sucide bombing attack on a French school in Kabul. Another internationalstaff member working for an INGO was also wounded in the attack. | Yes | Media |
1934 | Dec | 11 | 2014 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.980603 | 38.757761 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Three assailants armed with stones attacked an international staff member and robbed him. The staff member was hospitalzed as a result of his injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
1956 | Dec | 18 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 32.264539 | 68.524715 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | A national male staff member for an INGO was ambushed by the Taliban while driving aid supplies. He was released on the 27th December 2014. | Yes | Focal Point |
1866 | Dec | 19 | 2014 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 6.6666171 | 19.7954915 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national Red Cross volunteer was killed by crossfire in armed clashes in Mbres. | Pending | Media |
1867 | Dec | 20 | 2014 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.183623 | 29.448832 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | National staff of INGO kidnapped and released four days later. | Yes | Official Report |
1868 | Dec | 23 | 2014 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.5831 | 43.9927 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Militants shot and killed a volunteer YRCS Taiz branch officer and his volunteer driver. | Yes | Media |
1960 | Dec | 28 | 2014 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.83 | 32.8 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member (security guard) of an INGO was abducted by unknown armed men. He was beaten and released on 30 December 2014. The reason for the abduction and assault was in revenge for a work related decision that affected another contracted employee. | Yes | Official Report |
1884 | Dec | 30 | 2014 | MM | Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 20.816667 | 92.366667 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | A national UN staff member was assaulted by security forces while on his way to visit family members. | Yes | Official Report |
1888 | Dec | 30 | 2014 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 32.927129 | 66.141526 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three health sector workers of a NGO were kidnapped in Shalai, Uruzgan district while treating patients in the field. An additional staff member was severely beaten and then set free. | Pending | Media |
Total | 186 | 294 | 30 | 71 | 216 | 17 | 265 | 230 | 226 | 721 | 24 | 38 | 31 | 93 | 814 | 481 | 68 | 265 |