Primary tactics used by terrorist groups 2015, based on incidents

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 14, 2016
This statistic shows the most widely used primary tactic employed by terrorists in attacks during 2015. The most widely used tactic was a stand-off/area attack with 6,501 instances.

Primary tactics used by terrorist groups in 2015, based on the number of incidents

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Statistic: Primary tactics used by terrorist groups in 2015, based on the number of incidents

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Release date

January 2016

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2015

Supplementary notes

Figures are based on data collected by Jane's Terrorism & Insurgency Centre as part of IHS.

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