Information on more than 140,000 Terrorist Attacks

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2014 (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 140,000 cases. Learn more

GTD DATA VISUALIZATIONS

The updated GTD WebGL Globe is an interactive geographic visualization, currently in beta, that plots the location and frequency of yearly terrorist attacks worldwide from 1970-2014. It was developed by START using the WebGL Globe open platform created by the Google Data Arts Team. Automated geocoding from the OpenCage Geocoder supplements the geocoding available in the public dataset.

Updated for 2014, the GTD 2014 World Map displays the concentration and intensity (combining fatalities and injuries) of terrorist attacks that occurred worldwide.

The GTD 2013 World Map is available here.

The GTD 2012 World Map is available here.

Global Terrorism in 2014 uses Odyssey.js (from CartoDB) to display an animation of the progression of terrorist attacks around the world in 2014, highlighting details of notable attacks in the GTD.

The GTD's Global Terrorism in 2013 is available here.

Periscopic, a data visualization firm that promotes information transparency and public awareness, has produced an innovative, interactive tool that allows users to explore the impact and dynamics of GTD perpetrator groups. A World of Terror examines the 25 perpetrators that were most active between 1970 and 2013, visualizing their attack patterns across multiple dimensions including life span, recency, casualties, and geographic spread.

The GTD Data Rivers 2.0 application is an interactive visualization tool that allows users to explore patterns of terrorism in the Global Terrorism Database (GTD). The GTD Data Rivers aggregates information from the database and displays relative temporal trends as a stack chart.

THIS DATE IN TERRORISM

April 10

2014

Lat, India

04/10/2014: Assailants opened fire on a polling station in Balika Siksha Kendra area, lat village, Jharkhand state, India. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of 16 related attacks on polling stations in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand states on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Maoists.

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2009

Karabudakhkentsky (District), Russia

04/10/2009: On Friday morning at 0620, in Karabudakhkentsky, Dagestan, Russia, during an inspection by the Federal Security Service Department for Dagestan, a black cellophane bag with a homemade explosive device was discovered at the 590th kilometer of the Mazdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline. Later, at 0815, while a member of the special purpose police detachment (OMON) of the Russian Interior Ministry was trying to defuse the explosive device, it exploded, killing one OMON officer and injuring another. Specialists will have to replace nearly 10 meters of damaged pipes. This incident was part of a series of linked attacks that targeted the Mazdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline. No group claimed responsibility.

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FEATURED

How do you use the GTD?

Thousands of researchers, analysts, policy-makers, and students use the GTD every day. In an effort to better understand the strengths and limitations of the GTD in practice, START would like to learn more about how the GTD informs your work. While we always welcome feedback on the database from users, we now invite you to let us know more about your responsibilities and how the GTD has been helpful to your efforts to better understand the causes and consequences of terrorism.

Additional START Datasets Now Available

Utilizing the Dataverse Network Project, START has created its own repository of datasets and databases on terrorism, conflict, and preparedness. This collection includes research funded by START as well as research for which START has been given permission to release. Users can read over detailed information about each dataset regarding its time period, geographic coverage, and sampling procedure.

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GTD In The News

GTD Data featured on The Daily Show (May 13, 2013) Jon Stewart discussed GTD data in the context of attacks on U.S. diplomats.

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 140,000 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 are available in Excel format.