At Least 1332 Muslims Were Killed in July

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The month of July was another bloody month for the world’s Muslims. July 2018 saw the killing of at least 1332 Muslims by ‘Muslims’, non Muslims and unknown entities. 801 civilians were also injured in the month under review.

There was an attack on every single day except for the 21st.

Of the 1332 Muslims that were killed, 647 (48.6%) were confirmed to be civilians, 381 (28.6%) were combatants and 304 (22.8%) were unspecified. The details of the killings are giving in the chart below.

DATE	COUNTRY	TARGET SITE	CULPRIT/ACCUSED	CAUSE	DESCRIPTION OF VICTIMS	NO. OF DEAD (INJURED)
1st July	Iraq Iraq Mali	Unspecified Electoral building Road	Turkey Unknown JNIM	Airstrikes Suicide bombing Suicide bombing	PKK militants Civilian Civilians	8 1(20) 2
2nd July	Iraq and Turkey Iraq Palestine	Unspecified Militant hideouts Border	Turkey Iraq Israel	Airstrikes Airstrikes Shooting	PKK militants Daesh fighters Civilians	11 30 1(2)
3rd July	Yemen Pakistan	Wedding, residential buildings and Farm Political event	Saudi Arabia Unknown	Airstrikes Grenade attack	Civilians Civilians	18(2) (10)
4th July	Yemen Turkey	Wedding party Militant hideouts	Unknown gunmen Turkey	Shooting Airstrikes	Civilians PKK militants	8(13) 11
5th July	Yemen	Military positions	Yemen	Drone strike	Saudi-led militants	15(20)
6th July	Palestine	Border	Israel	Gun shot	Civilian	1
7th July	Syria Kashmir Pakistan	Water station Protest ground Unspecified	Unknown India Unknown	Bombing Shooting Bombing	Unspecified Civilians Civilians	18 3 (7)
8th July	Saudi Arabia Iraq Tunisia	Check point Oil field Police post	Gunmen Iraq AQIM	Shooting Shooting Gun fire	1 civilian, 1 Saudi officer and 2 gunmen Civilians Policemen	4(1) (4) 9
9th July	Iraq	Refinery	Daesh	Gun fire	PMU fighters	3(5)
10th July	Syria Yemen Philippines	Unspecified Residentials Unspecified	Khalid bin Al Walid Army Saudi Arabia Philippines	Bombing Airstrikes Unspecified	Soldiers Civilians BIFF militants	8 10(10) 12
11th July	Turkey Pakistan	Unspecified Political event	Turkey Taliban	Unspecified Bombing	PKK militants Civilians	18 21(65)
12th July	Yemen Yemen	Militant hideouts Residentials	Yemen Saudi Arabia	Offensive Airstrikes	Saudi-backed militants and Saudi soldier Civilians	50 2
13th July	Saudi Arabia Iraq Syria Pakistan Pakistan	Military positions Protest sites Residential Road Road	Yemen Iraq America Daesh Unknown	Missile attacks Unspecified Airstrike Bombing Bombing	Saudi soldiers Protesters Civilians Unspecified Unspecified	4 2(15) 30 149(189) 4(39)
14th July	Palestine Yemen Indonesia	Residential Saudi military positions Unspecified	Israel Yemen Indonesia	Airstrike Missile attack  Gun fire	Civilians Saudi soldiers JAD fighters	2(14) 2 3
15th July	Turkey Palestine Afghanistan Syria Mali	Unspecified Residential Ministry Villages Village	Turkey Israel Unknown Daesh Unknown	Unspecified Airstrike Bombing Unspecified Gun fire	PKK militants Civilian Civilians and soldiers Civilians Civilians	2 (2) 10 +250 14
16th July	Yemen Pakistan	Unspecified Residential	Saudi Arabia Unknown	Artillery fire  Shooting	Civilians Civilian	11(7) (1)
17th July	Iraq Syria Nigeria Afghanistan	Military units Residentials Road Cemetery	America America Boko Haram ISIS	Missile attacks Airstrikes Gun fire Unspecified	Government fighters Civilians Civilians Taliban members	22(12) 2 27 15
18th July	Iraq	Unspecified	Daesh	Unspecified	Civilians	9
19th July	Nigeria Chad	Road Village	Boko Haram Boko Haram	Gun fire Throat slitting	Traders Civilians	6 18(2)
20th July	Iraq Algeria Niger	Protest ground Apartment Military station	Iraq Mossad Niger	Gun fire Unspecified Gun fire	Civilians Civilians Boko Haram militants	1(2) 2 10
21st July	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
22nd July	Iraq Afghanistan	Militant hideouts Road	Iraq ISIS	Airstrikes Suicide bombing	Daesh fighters Civilians	15 23(107)
23rd July	Iraq Palestine Somalia Nigeria	Government building Refugee camp Military base Mosque	Iraq Israel Al-Shabab Boko Haram	Gun fire Gun fire Gun fire Suicide bombing	Gunmen Civilian Soldiers Worshippers	3 1 27 8(5)
24th July	Yemen Afghanistan	Residentials and others Residentials	Yemeni forces Unknown	Gun fire and bombing Rocket fire	Militants Civilians	8(8) (3)
25th July	Syria	Villages and market	Daesh	Shootings and bombings	Civilians and militants	246 civilians and local fighters (180) and 45 Daesh fighters
26th July	Afghanistan	Security post	Taliban	Suicide bombing	Security forces	5(5)
27th July	Palestine Yemen	Border Factory, radio station, Fishing pier and police base	Israel Saudi Arabia	Gun fire Airstrikes	Civilians Civilians	4 2(3)
28th July	Yemen Iraq	Airport Militant hideout	Unknown Iraq	Shooting Unspecified	Intelligence official Daesh militants	1 2
29th July	Yemen Yemen Palestine Iraq Iraq Tajikistan	Unspecified Residentials Residentials Militant hideouts Militant hideout Unspecified	Yemen and allies Saudi Arabia Israel Iraq Turkey Tajikistan	Gun fire Airstrike Airstrikes Airstrikes and gun fire Unspecified Unspecified	Saudi soldiers Civilian Civilians Daesh militants PKK militants Civilians	12 (3) 1 2 14(3) 10 4
30th July	Yemen Yemen Saudi Arabia	Unspecified Residentials Military base	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Yemeni forces	Airstrikes Airstrikes Shelling	Unspecified Civilians Saudi soldiers	18 4(5) 4
31st July	Yemen Yemen Afghanistan	Government building Roadside Roadside	Saudi Arabia Unknown Unknown	Airstrikes Bombing Bombing	Unspecified Civilians Civilians	4(2) (4) 11(31)

Kills by Countries/Outfits

ISIS                                695 (481)

Yemeni forces                95 (31)

Saudi Arabia                  70 (29)

Unknown                       70 (125)

Iraq                                 67 (9)

Turkey                            60

Boko Haram                   59 (7)

America                          54 (12)

Al Shabab                       27

Taliban                            26 (70)

Israel                               13 (18)

Philippines                      12

Niger                               10

AQIM                              9

Khalid bin Al Walid        8

Army

Tajikistan                         4

Indonesia                         3

India                                 3

JNIM                                2

Attacks on civilian targets

There were 34 confirmed attacks on civilian targets. These targets included residential buildings, mosques, markets, rallies and water stations. 11 of those attacks were carried out by Saudi Arabia, the highest number by any particular entity.

Deadliest day

The deadliest day in July was the 25^th, multiple attacks in Syria resulted in the death of 291 Muslims i.e. 21.8% of the total deaths for the month, and the attack was carried out by ISIS (Daesh). Of the 291 killed, 246 were civilians and local vigilantes.

Most struck country

The most struck country was Iraq, the country which has been grappling with security challenges since its invasion by America and Britain in 2003 witnessed 14 attacks by both government forces and foreign entities.

Kills by extremists groups

Extremist groups killed the highest number of Muslims killing 826; this represents 62% of the total kills. ISIS (Daesh) was the most prolific in civilian kills killing a total of 528 civilians; this represents 81.6% of all civilian deaths. The extremist groups who carried out attacks in the month of July are: Daesh, Alqaeda, Taliban, Boko Haram JNIM, Al Shabab and Khalid bin Al Walid Army.

Unclaimed attacks

There were also 14 attacks that were not claimed by any entity, these attacks led to 70 deaths and 125 injuries mostly civilians.