At least 485 Muslims were killed in September

Coffins of Yemeni Children

At least 485 Muslims were killed in the month of  September with another 2137 sustaining injuries. 

The number of Muslims killed every month has continued to drop by significant margins. 1332 Muslims were killed in July, 1227 in August and now 485 in September. However, the number of injured in September has been the highest in the last three months. 

801 Muslims were injured in July, 1801 in August but unfortunately; 2137 in September. Of the 30 days in the month, no attacks were recorded on 5 days: 12^th, 13^th, 20^th, 29^th and 30^th. 

51.3% of Muslims killed were civilians with the remaining 48.7% being combatants.

The details of these losses are given in the chart below.

DATE	COUNTRY	TARGET SITE(S)	CULPRIT	CAUSE	DESCRIPTION OF VICTIM(S)	NO. OF DEAD (INJURED)
1st Sept	Iraq Iraq	Unspecified House	Iraqi forces Daesh	Shoot out Gun fire	Daesh commander Family of 7	1 7
2nd Sept	Palestine Iraq Somalia	Road Mosque Checkpoint	Israeli settlers Daesh Al Shabab	Stoning Gun fire Bombing	Palestinians Worshippers Civilians & soldiers	0 (4) 0 (12) 6 (12)
3rd Sept	Iraq Iraq Palestine Palestine	Protest ground Residentials Border Checkpoint	Iraq Daesh Israel Israel	Gun fire Gun fire Gun fire Gun fire	Protester Civilians Palestinian Palestinian	1 7 1 1
4th Sept	Iraq Syria	Government building Military post	Unknown Unknown	Gun fire Unspecified	Protesters & Iraqi forces Government backed militants	Protesters 5 (16) Iraqi forces (22) 3
5th Sept	Iraq Saudi Arabia Afghanistan	Port Military base Sports club	Iraq Yemeni forces Unknown	Gun fire Missile Bombings	Protesters Saudi personnel Civilians	2 (25) 37 26 (-70)
6th Sept	Afghanistan	Checkpoint	Afghan officer	Gun fire	Policemen	8
7th Sept	Palestine Palestine	Border Unspecified	Israel Israel	Sniper Airstrike	Palestinian Palestinians	1 (210) 0 (2)
8th Sept	Palestine Yemen Saudi Arabia Syria Syria	Border Militant positions Military base & others Unspecified Militant posts	Israel Yemeni forces Yemeni forces Jabhat Fetah Al sham Syria	Gun fire Unspecified Missile & gun fire Shelling Shelling	Palestinians Saudi-backed militants Saudi mercenaries Civilians Militants	1 (400) 12 13 9 (20) 5
9th Sept	Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan Palestine	Ceremony Ceremony Checkpoint Border	Afghanistan Unknown Taliban Israel	Gun fire Bombing Unspecified Gun fire	Bomber Civilians Afghan forces & Taliban fighters Palestinian	1 7 (38) 9 (5) Afghan forces &15 Taliban fighters 1
10th Sept	Afghanistan Afghanistan Somalia Egypt	Military posts Girl’s school Government building Petrol station	Afghan forces & Taliban Unknown Al shabab Egypt	Gun fire Bombing Bombing & gun fire Gun fire	Afghan forces & Taliban fighters Students Civilians Militants	Afghan forces 60 (33) Taliban 39 1 (4) 6 11
11th Sept	Afghanistan Yemen	Protest venue Unspecified	Unknown Yemeni forces	Bombing Unspecified	Civilians Saudi loyalists	32 (120) 5
12th Sept	-------------	-------------	--------------	--------------	-------------------	--------------
13th Sept	---------------	--------------	---------------	---------------	-------------------	---------------
14th Sept	Palestine Iraq Yemen	Unspecified Militant hideout Fishing harbor & other	Israel Turkey Saudi Arabia	Gun fire Airstrike Airstrikes	Palestinians PKK militant Civilians	3(248) 1 10
15th Sept	Yemen	Road	Saudi Arabia	Airstrike	Civilians	15 (20+)
16th Sept	Palestine Yemen Yemen	Mall Unspecified Residentials	Israeli Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	Gun fire Air & missile attacks Airstrike	Palestinian Civilians Family members	0 (1) 13 (8) 11
17th Sept	Yemen Yemen	Residentials & others Saudi posts	Saudi Arabia Yemeni forces	Airstrikes Missile attack	Civilians Saudi soldiers & loyalists	11 (3) 5
18th Sept	Palestine Palestine Palestine Yemen	Unspecified Border Palestine Fishing harbor & other	Israel Israel Israel Saudi Arabia	Airstrike Gun fire Beating Airstrike	Palestinians Palestinians Palestinian Civilians	2 2 (30) 1 20 (1)
19th Sept	Palestine	Protest venue	Israel	Gun fire	Palestinians	1 (3)
20th Sept	--------------	-------------	-------------	-------------	----------------	-------------
21st Sept	Palestine	Border	Israel	Gun fire	Palestinians	1 (312)
22nd Sept	Afghanistan	House	America	Airstrike	3 women 4 children & others	9
23rd Sept	Kashmir	Unspecified	India	Shoot out	Kashmiri militants	2
24th Sept	Afghanistan Kashmir	Militant posts Unspecified	America India	Airstrike Shoot out	Pro-government militants Kashmiri militants	0 (6) 3
25th Sept	Mali	Unspecified	Unknown	Unspecified	Civilians	12
26th Sept	Saudi Arabia Afghanistan Saudi Arabia	House House House	Saudi Arabia America Saudi Arabia	Unspecified Airstrike Unspecified	Civilians 10 children & 2 women Civilians	0 (7) 12 3
27th Sept	Mali	Road	Unknown	Bombing	7 soldiers & 1 civilians	8
28th Sept	Palestine	Border	Israel	Gun fire	Palestinians	7 (506)
29th Sept	--------------	--------------	--------------	--------------	-------------------	---------------
30th Sept	---------------	--------------	--------------	--------------	-------------------	--------------

Deadliest day

For the second month running, Taliban activities have led to the bloodiest day in a month. The deadliest day for Muslims in the month of September 2018 was (10^th September). On this day, the Taliban launched attacks on several parts of Afghanistan including Kunduz, Sar-e Pul City and Dara-e-Suf district of Samangan province killing as many as 60 Afghan security personnel. At least 39 Taliban fighters were also killed in gun fights with Afghan security forces, this no fewer than 99 Muslims were killed on 10^th September 2018. On August 13^th, attacks carried out by the Taliban on Ghazni province in Afghanistan led to the death of 439 Muslims (194 Taliban fighters, 150 Afghan soldiers and 95 civilians). For that month, 35.8% of all deaths occurred that day.

Civilian casualties

At least 249 Muslim civilians were killed in the month of September; this represents 51.3% of the total deaths recorded in this report, another 2137 civilians were injured. For the second month running, Saudi Arabia has killed the highest number of civilians; killing no fewer than 83 Muslim civilians (33.3% of the total civilian deaths) and injuring 39 others in its ongoing war on the Yemenis. Of the 2137 Muslims who were injured in September, 2071 (96.9%) were civilians. Israel inflicted most of the injuries for the month, injuring at least 1716 (82.8% of all civilian injuries) Palestinians and killed 22.

Combatant casualties

No fewer than 236 combatants were killed in September with another 66 sustaining injuries. This means combatants made up 48.7% of those killed and just 3.1% of the injured.

Kills by countries

At least 264 Muslims were killed by countries; this represents 54.4% of all kills. These countries were: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, America, Israel and India. Of all the countries, Saudi Arabia killed the highest number of Muslims.

Kills by groups

Extremist groups killed at least 112 Muslims i. e. 23.1% of all of kills. Taliban killed the highest number of Muslims among groups; killing at least 69 (14.2% of all deaths) and injuring 38 others. Other groups that killed Muslims are: Daesh, al Shabab and Jabhat Fetah al Sham.

Unclaimed attacks

There were 8 unclaimed attacks across the Muslim world in September. These attacks led to the death of 94 Muslims (19.4% of all deaths) while another 269 were injured. 84 of the Muslims killed were civilians in other words, 89.4% of Muslims killed in unclaimed attacks in September were civilians. The deadliest unclaimed attack came on 11^th September when a car bomb ripped through a group of protesters protesting against a local police chief. 32 people were killed with another 120 sustaining injuries. 34% of Muslims killed by unclaimed attacks in September were killed on the 11^th. In August, unclaimed attacks claimed the lives of 129 Muslims (10.5% of all civilian deaths) and injured 157 others. This was up from 67 deaths and 125 injuries in July.

Most struck country

Palestine suffered the most number of attacks in September. Israel attacked Palestinians 15 times killing 22 Palestinians and injuring 1716 others.