- thematic analysis
- Motive
Personal
22 cases
Period
Assassinations with a personal motive are killings that take place for personal reasons. This can include love triangles, revenge or honour killings.
Main statistics
Target
11 (50%)
Local community
Perpetrator
11 (50%)
Hitmen
Gender
15 (68%)
Male
Method
15 (68%)
Shot
Number of cases over time
Cases by continents
Featured countries with cases of Personal motivation
how are the cases of Personal motivation disaggregated?
Disaggregated by:
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Time series
Target group
Jan
Feb
Target group
Feb-2019
Feb-2019
1 cases
- Others (1)
Mar
Target group
Mar-2019
Mar-2019
1 cases
- Private sector (1)
Apr
Target group
Apr-2019
Apr-2019
1 cases
- Private sector (1)
May
Target group
May-2019
May-2019
4 cases
- Not reported (1)
- Politics & governance (1)
- Local community (2)
Jun
Target group
Jun-2019
Jun-2019
1 cases
- Local community (1)
Jul
Target group
Jul-2019
Jul-2019
2 cases
- Media (1)
- Private sector (1)
Aug
Target group
Aug-2019
Aug-2019
1 cases
- Local community (1)
Set
Oct
Target group
Oct-2019
Oct-2019
1 cases
- Local community (1)
Nov
Target group
Nov-2019
Nov-2019
1 cases
- Local community (1)
Dec
Target group
Dec-2019
Dec-2019
1 cases
- Security (1)
2019
Jan
Target group
Jan-2020
Jan-2020
1 cases
- Local community (1)
Feb
Target group
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
2 cases
- Politics & governance (1)
- Local community (1)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Target group
Jun-2020
Jun-2020
2 cases
- Local community (2)
Jul
Target group
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Media (1)
Aug
Set
Target group
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Media (1)
Oct
Nov
Target group
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Local community (1)
Dec
2020
Time series
Method
Jan
Feb
Method
Feb-2019
Feb-2019
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Mar
Method
Mar-2019
Mar-2019
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Apr
Method
Apr-2019
Apr-2019
1 cases
- Shot (1)
May
Method
May-2019
May-2019
4 cases
- Shot (4)
Jun
Method
Jun-2019
Jun-2019
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Jul
Method
Jul-2019
Jul-2019
2 cases
- Tortured (1)
- Shot (1)
Aug
Method
Aug-2019
Aug-2019
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Set
Oct
Method
Oct-2019
Oct-2019
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Nov
Method
Nov-2019
Nov-2019
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Dec
Method
Dec-2019
Dec-2019
1 cases
- Shot (1)
2019
Jan
Method
Jan-2020
Jan-2020
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Feb
Method
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
2 cases
- Shot (2)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Method
Jun-2020
Jun-2020
2 cases
- Suffocated (1)
- Shot (1)
Jul
Method
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Aug
Set
Method
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Oct
Nov
Method
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Dec
2020
Time series
Perpetrator
Jan
Feb
Perpetrator
Feb-2019
Feb-2019
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Mar
Perpetrator
Mar-2019
Mar-2019
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Apr
Perpetrator
Apr-2019
Apr-2019
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
May
Perpetrator
May-2019
May-2019
4 cases
- Organized crime (1)
- Not reported (1)
- Hitmen (2)
Jun
Perpetrator
Jun-2019
Jun-2019
1 cases
- Hitmen (1)
Jul
Perpetrator
Jul-2019
Jul-2019
2 cases
- Not reported (1)
- Hitmen (1)
Aug
Perpetrator
Aug-2019
Aug-2019
1 cases
- Hitmen (1)
Set
Oct
Perpetrator
Oct-2019
Oct-2019
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Nov
Perpetrator
Nov-2019
Nov-2019
1 cases
- Hitmen (1)
Dec
Perpetrator
Dec-2019
Dec-2019
1 cases
- Armed group (1)
2019
Jan
Perpetrator
Jan-2020
Jan-2020
1 cases
- Hitmen (1)
Feb
Perpetrator
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
2 cases
- Not reported (1)
- Hitmen (1)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Perpetrator
Jun-2020
Jun-2020
2 cases
- Hitmen (2)
Jul
Perpetrator
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Aug
Set
Perpetrator
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Oct
Nov
Perpetrator
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Hitmen (1)