Islamic groups responsible for majority of worldwide terrorist deaths

Four Islamic groups were responsible for the deaths of almost two-thirds of the nearly 18,000 people killed last year in terrorism attacks, according to a report published this week.

The Global Terrorism Index report says that the four groups - Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Boko Haram and 'Islamic State' - have in common "religious ideologies based on extreme interpretations of Wahhabi Islam," although their strategic goals may differ. Along with their affiliate groups, they account for 66% of claimed terrorist deaths in 2013.

The 2013 total of 17, 958 claimed terrorist deaths represents a staggering 61% increase on the 2012 figure and is over five times the number in the year 2000. 82% of those killed in terrorist attacks last year were located in just five countries - Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria. 
 

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