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 258 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 453 people have been killed and 612 injured. Among them were 22 suicide acts.

In 39 incedents a total of 337 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage, though a ransom was rarely (2 times) extorted.

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Most frequent attack targets in Mali

(2012 to 2016)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Government	122	199	442	54
Private citizens	91	214	156	262
Military	21	85	50	0
NGO	11	13	11	15
Religious institutions	9	5	0	22
Business	8	45	24	174
Police	8	8	5	0
Non-state militias	7	36	1	7
Transportation	6	8	38	1
Journalists & Media	5	5	2	4

Most affected regions

(2012 to 2016)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Kidal	81	151	342	67
Gao	67	109	134	41
Timbuktu	57	89	54	47
Mopti	22	51	20	7
Bamako	8	31	54	171
Koulikoro	5	1	0	0
Segou	4	2	3	0
Kayes	2	0	0	1
Sikasso	2	1	2	0

Terrorist organisations in Mali

Organisation	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Al-Qaida	31	62	69	31
Muslim extremists	7	9	3	0
Tuaregs	2	1	0	5
Tuareg extremists	1	1	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.