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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November 21

2001

Bung Simek, Indonesia

11/21/2001: Perpetrators attacked two police vehicles on patrol in Bung Simek, Indonesia. The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) claimed responsibility for the attack, which left seven police officers injured.

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2006

Beirut, Lebanon

11/21/2006: Anti-Syrian Christian Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was gunned down in Beirut, Lebanon, by an unknown number of unidentified number of gunmen. Gemayel was traveling through the city in his convoy when another car rammed his from the front. Gunmen emerged from the car and shot Gemayel in the head from point blank range. No claim of responsibility was reported.

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Welcome to the Revised GTD: A Message from START's Director

Seven years ago, along with a dedicated team of terrorism specialists, we began the arduous process of investigating and coding tens of thousands of terrorism incidents going back to 1970 and extending, eventually, through 2007. Today, with over 80,000 discrete incidents in our database—both domestic and international—the GTD enters a new phase: a completely revised website that offers users enhanced data that can be distinctively analyzed by several new visualization tools.