Terrorism in Mali

The risk of terrorist attacks in Mali over the past years can be classified as below average. Globally, the country took a less important role for terrorism so far. Over the past 5 years a total number of 324 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 597 people have been killed and 680 injured. Among them were 22 suicide acts.

In 50 incedents a total of 387 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage, though a ransom was rarely (1 times) extorted.

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Most frequent attack targets in Mali

(2013 to 2017)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Government	163	266	470	50
Private citizens	114	298	190	307
Military	29	111	68	3
NGO	14	14	13	20
Non-state militias	11	59	18	7
Business	10	54	24	206
Police	9	8	6	0
Transportation	8	9	52	2
Religious institutions	5	5	0	22
Airports & Aircraft	3	0	0	0

Most affected regions

(2013 to 2017)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Kidal	103	198	374	70
Gao	73	125	143	39
Timbuktu	63	120	96	53
Mopti	43	69	30	18
Segou	9	3	3	1
Koulikoro	7	11	1	32
Bamako	6	30	13	170
Menaka	4	13	15	0
Sikasso	3	1	2	1
Kayes	1	0	0	0

Terrorist organisations in Mali

Organisation	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Al-Qaida	31	62	69	31
Muslim extremists	16	24	5	3
Fulani extremists	3	6	0	6
Tuaregs	2	1	0	5
Tuareg extremists	1	1	0	0
Boko Haram	1	0	0	1
Islamic State	1	4	0	0

All information sourced from the "National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism" (START) and its Global Terrorism Database. An act of terrorism is concidered every incident which is aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal, but not for pure profit motives. In addition these incidents must not be legitimized by warfare activities, listet in the Geneva Conventions of 1949.