Information on Over 80,000 Terrorist Attacks

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2007 (with annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 80,000 cases. Learn more

The GTD Data Rivers is an interactive visual exploratory tool that allows users to investigate temporal trends in terrorism in the Global Terrorism Database (GTD). The GTD Data Rivers aggregates important variables from the database and visualizes them as a comprehensible stack chart.

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February 9

2006

Kirkuk, Iraq

02/09/2006: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped Iraqi civilian Mohammad Ali Mohammad in the Ba'ath neighborhood of Kirkuk, Iraq. No further details were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

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2006

Baghdad, Iraq

02/09/2006: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at visitors heading toward the Imam Musa al-Kazim shrine in the Al-Kazimiyah suburb of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person and wounding two others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

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GTD Data Now Downloadable

The data files for START's Global Terrorism Database (GTD) can now be downloaded directly from the GTD's website.

GTD includes thorough data on more than 80,000 terrorist incidents that have occurred around the world since 1970. Users can now download these data via the "Contact GTD" portion of the GTD website.

Users should select the Download full GTD dataset option under Actions in the contact form provided.

Data is provided in Excel format.