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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"