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Asia

254 cases

Period

In 2019 and 2020, Asia had the second highest share of recorded assassinations, after the Americas. The majority of victims were politicians and party affiliates. However, members of law enforcement and the judiciary, as well as the military, were, compared to other continents, disproportionately targeted. South Asia saw the highest number of recorded assassinations on the continent.

Main statistics

Motive
202 (80%)
Political
Target Group
68 (27%)
Politics & governance
Gender
219 (86%)
Male
Method
176 (69%)
Shot

distribution of cases by CATEGORY

target group

Politics & governance is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 27% of them.

Politics & governance

68 (27%)

Politics & governance

68 cases

  1. Southern Asia 65%(44)
  2. Western Asia 31%(21)
  3. South-eastern Asia 4%(3)

Local community

62 (24%)

Local community

62 cases

  1. Western Asia 50%(31)
  2. Southern Asia 47%(29)
  3. Central Asia 2%(1)
  4. Eastern Asia 2%(1)

Security

48 (19%)

Security

48 cases

  1. Western Asia 52%(25)
  2. Southern Asia 48%(23)

Illicit market

24 (9%)

Illicit market

24 cases

  1. Southern Asia 50%(12)
  2. Western Asia 50%(12)

Media

24 (9%)

Media

24 cases

  1. Southern Asia 63%(15)
  2. Western Asia 29%(7)
  3. South-eastern Asia 8%(2)

Criminal justice

11 (4%)

Criminal justice

11 cases

  1. Southern Asia 82%(9)
  2. Western Asia 18%(2)

Private sector

8 (3%)

Private sector

8 cases

  1. Southern Asia 50%(4)
  2. Western Asia 25%(2)
  3. Central Asia 13%(1)
  4. South-eastern Asia 13%(1)

International community

3 (1%)

International community

3 cases

  1. Western Asia 67%(2)
  2. South-eastern Asia 33%(1)

Not reported

3 (1%)

Not reported

3 cases

  1. Southern Asia 67%(2)
  2. Western Asia 33%(1)

Others

3 (1%)

Others

3 cases

  1. Southern Asia 67%(2)
  2. Western Asia 33%(1)

motive

Political is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 80% of them.

Political

202 (80%)

Political

202 cases

  1. Southern Asia 51%(104)
  2. Western Asia 46%(92)
  3. South-eastern Asia 2%(5)
  4. Eastern Asia 0%(1)

Organized crime

17 (7%)

Organized crime

17 cases

  1. Southern Asia 41%(7)
  2. Western Asia 35%(6)
  3. Central Asia 12%(2)
  4. South-eastern Asia 12%(2)

Not reported

16 (6%)

Not reported

16 cases

  1. Southern Asia 69%(11)
  2. Western Asia 31%(5)

Personal

14 (6%)

Personal

14 cases

  1. Southern Asia 93%(13)
  2. Western Asia 7%(1)

Economic

3 (1%)

Economic

3 cases

  1. Southern Asia 100%(3)

Others

2 (1%)

Others

2 cases

  1. Southern Asia 100%(2)

method

Shot is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 69% of them.

Shot

176 (69%)

Shot

176 cases

  1. Southern Asia 55%(97)
  2. Western Asia 40%(71)
  3. South-eastern Asia 4%(7)
  4. Central Asia 1%(1)

Not reported

34 (13%)

Not reported

34 cases

  1. Southern Asia 62%(21)
  2. Western Asia 35%(12)
  3. Central Asia 3%(1)

Bombed

28 (11%)

Bombed

28 cases

  1. Southern Asia 50%(14)
  2. Western Asia 50%(14)

Stabbed

8 (3%)

Stabbed

8 cases

  1. Southern Asia 63%(5)
  2. Western Asia 38%(3)

Beaten

3 (1%)

Beaten

3 cases

  1. Western Asia 67%(2)
  2. Southern Asia 33%(1)

Suffocated

2 (1%)

Suffocated

2 cases

  1. Southern Asia 100%(2)

Tortured

2 (1%)

Tortured

2 cases

  1. Eastern Asia 50%(1)
  2. Western Asia 50%(1)

Poisoned

1 (0%)

Poisoned

1 cases

  1. Western Asia 100%(1)

perpetrator

Not reported is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 71% of them.

Not reported

180 (71%)

Not reported

180 cases

  1. Southern Asia 53%(95)
  2. Western Asia 44%(79)
  3. South-eastern Asia 3%(5)
  4. Central Asia 1%(1)

Armed group

44 (17%)

Armed group

44 cases

  1. Southern Asia 59%(26)
  2. Western Asia 41%(18)

State representative

15 (6%)

State representative

15 cases

  1. Southern Asia 60%(9)
  2. Western Asia 27%(4)
  3. Central Asia 7%(1)
  4. Eastern Asia 7%(1)

Hitmen

8 (3%)

Hitmen

8 cases

  1. Southern Asia 63%(5)
  2. South-eastern Asia 25%(2)
  3. Western Asia 13%(1)

Politicial party

4 (2%)

Politicial party

4 cases

  1. Southern Asia 75%(3)
  2. Western Asia 25%(1)

Organized crime

3 (1%)

Organized crime

3 cases

  1. Southern Asia 67%(2)
  2. Western Asia 33%(1)

gender

Male is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 86% of them.

Male

219 (86%)

Male

219 cases

  1. Southern Asia 52%(114)
  2. Western Asia 44%(96)
  3. South-eastern Asia 3%(6)
  4. Central Asia 1%(2)
  5. Eastern Asia 0%(1)

Not reported

18 (7%)

Not reported

18 cases

  1. Southern Asia 78%(14)
  2. Western Asia 17%(3)
  3. South-eastern Asia 6%(1)

Female

17 (7%)

Female

17 cases

  1. Southern Asia 71%(12)
  2. Western Asia 29%(5)

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