Attacks Against Homes in 2015
by Primary Tactic
as of 28 Feb. 2015

The following charts show worldwide terrorist and rebel incidents involving homes by Primary Tactic tracked by IntelCenter in the IntelCenter Database (ICD) Incident Component for 2015 as of 28 Feb. 2015.

During the period there were 42 terrorist and rebel incidents involving homes. The Primary Tactic with the highest number of incidents was tied between IED and Guerrilla Warfare at 19% (8). Small Arms was the second highest at 14% (6) with Kidnapping coming in third at 10% (4). Motorcycle Gunmen, Grenade and Bladed Weapons tied for fourth at 5% (2). Suicide Bombing, RPG, Rocket, Motorcycle Grenade, Mortar, Mass Kidnapping and Fire tied for fifth at 2% (1). In a total of 5% (2) incidents, the tactic was unknown.

Methodology Note:
Guerrilla Warfare represents attacks which often use a variety of tactics and are often larger military-style movements. Small Arms often represent shootings. Coordinated Assault, also commonly referred to as complex attacks, frequently involve multiple tactics used in a coordinated fashion, such as the use of a VBIED to breach the perimeter followed by gunmen storming the breach. While IntelCenter makes every attempt to identify all incidents, the nature of reporting makes that nearly impossible. These numbers should be viewed as minimums with the total number likely higher where it could be expected to be so. It is also common for many attacks in high volume areas to not be attributed to a specific group. This report only covers incidents attributed to a specific group. The original source data for all incidents shown here is located in the IntelCenter Database (ICD) Incident Component.

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