Abstract
“The Terrorist Bomb is Still Ticking” – Even in the Shadow of COVID-19
Highlights
COVID-19, alongside numerous other problems affecting various parts of the world, has caused the international community to increasingly forget about the terrorist threat. It remains present, and in some cases is even intensifying. This can be confirmed, for example, by data presented in two recent studies: Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 – published in June 2020 at the request of the US Department of State, and European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2020 – presented in June this year by Europol
According to the statistics published in Country Reports on Terrorism 2019, 8,302 terrorist incidents took place worldwide in 2019, which is an increase of 3 per cent on the year before
The states most threatened by terrorism included Afghanistan, Syria, India, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen, the Philippines, Colombia and Congo – which together accounted for 74 per cent of all incidents
Summary
According to the statistics published in Country Reports on Terrorism 2019, 8,302 terrorist incidents took place worldwide in 2019, which is an increase of 3 per cent on the year before. The number of people arrested for left-wing terrorist activities (mainly in Italy) increased significantly (from 34 in 2018 to 111 in 2019).
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