Terrorist attacks escalate in frequency and fatalities preceding highly lethal attacks.

Highly lethal terrorist attacks, which we define as those killing 21 or more people, account for 50% of the total number of people killed in all terrorist attacks combined, yet comprise only 3.5% of terrorist attacks. Given the disproportionate influence of these incidents, uncovering systematic pat...

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Main Authors: Andy Martens, Raazesh Sainudiin, Chris G Sibley, Jeff Schimel, David Webber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3995656?pdf=render