Suicide Attacks BlockPy Library

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart acbart@vt.edu, Joung Min Choi joungmin@vt.edu, Bo Guan jasonguan0107@vt.edu
Version 3.0.0, created 9/20/2021
Tags: global, attack, damage, kill, hurt, destroy, pain, suffering, terror, terrorism, religion, warfare, war, car, bomb, gun, shooting

Overview

The Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST) maintains a searchable database on all suicide attacks from 1982 through October 2020. The database includes information about the location of attacks, the target type, the weapon used, and systematic information on the demographic and general biographical characteristics of suicide attackers. The database expands the breadth of the data available in English using native language sources (e.g., Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, Tamil) that are likely to have the most extensive relevant information. The current CPOST-SAD release contains the universe of suicide attacks from 1982 through September 2015, a total of 4,814 attacks in over 40 countries. The CPOST Suicide Attack Database (CPOST-SAD) contains data on the universe of suicide attacks. For each attack, the database includes information about the geographic location, target classification, and weapon(s) used, as well as systematic information on the demographic and general biographical characteristics of suicide attackers. More information about the coding and methodology is available on the CPOST website below. Note that multiple attackers or targets are collapsed into a single record for simplicity’s sake.

<Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST). 2020. Suicide Attack Database (October, 2020 Release). [Data File]. Retrieved from https://cpost.uchicago.edu/research/suicide_attacks/database_on_suicide_attacks/>

Key Descriptions

Key	List of...	Comment	Example Value
groups	String	Group��s name	"Islamic State"
claim	String	Claim status: Claimed, Denied, Suspected, Unclaimed	"Suspected"
status	String	Status of the attack: Confirmed Suicide or Possible	"Confirmed Suicide"
statistics.sources	Integer	Number of sources found for each attack	2
date.year	Integer	Year of attack	2015
date.month	Integer	Month of attack	6
date.day	Integer	Day of the attack	2
statistics.# wounded_low	Integer	Low estimate of wounded people	8
statistics.# wounded_high	Integer	High estimate of wounded people	8
statistics.# killed_low	Integer	Low estimate of fatalities	5
statistics.# killed_high	Integer	High estimate of fatalities	5
statistics.# killed_low_civilian	Integer	Low estimate of civilian fatalities	0
statistics.# killed_high_civilian	Integer	High estimate of civilian fatalities	0
statistics.# killed_low_political	Integer	Low estimate of political fatalities	0
statistics.# killed_high_political	Integer	High estimate of political fatalities	0
statistics.# killed_low_security	Integer	Low estimate of security fatalities	5
statistics.# killed_high_security	Integer	High estimate of security fatalities	5
statistics.# belt_bomb	Integer	Number of belt bombs used	0
statistics.# truck_bomb	Integer	Number of truck bombs used	0
statistics.# car_bomb	Integer	Number of car bombs used	1
statistics.# weapon_oth	Integer	Number of other weapons used	0
statistics.# weapon_unk	Integer	Number of unknown weapons used	0
target.weapon	String	Weapon (car bomb, belt bomb etc.) used	"Car bomb"
target.region	String	Region where attack took place	"Asia"
target.subregion	String	Subregion where attack took place	"Western Asia"
target.country	String	Country where attack took place	"Syria"
target.province	String	Province/State where attack took place	"Hasaka (Al Haksa)"
target.city	String	City, village or district where attack took place	"Al Hasakah"
target.location	String	Specific location targeted	"close to a children's hospital"
target.latitude	String	City��s Latitude	"36.483333"
target.longtitude	String	City��s Longitude	"40.75"
target.desc	String	The intended target of the attack	"Syrian Army checkpoint"
target.type	String	Type of target attacked (Civilian, Political, Security)	"Security"
target.nationality	String	Target��s nationality	"Syrian"
statistics.# attackers	Integer	Number of suicide attackers involved	1
statistics.# female_attackers	Integer	Number of female attackers	0
statistics.# male_attackers	Integer	Number of male attackers	0
statistics.# unknown_attackers	Integer	Number of attackers where gender is unknown	1
attacker.gender	String	Attacker��s gender	"Unknown"