Southern Africa
19 cases
Assassinations in southern Africa were driven by organized crime-related motives, mainly due to taxi-related killings in South Africa, as well as enforcement activities and gang disputes. In cases where the identity of the victims was known, they belonged relatively evenly to the different target groups included in the Global Monitor database.
Main statistics
Political
Local community
Male
Shot
Number of cases over time
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distribution of cases by
target group
Local community is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 26% of them.
motive
Political is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 47% of them.
method
Shot is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 79% of them.
perpetrator
Not reported is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 74% of them.
gender
Male is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 68% of them.
