At Least 1040 Muslims Were killed in June

The month of June was yet another bloody month for Muslims. A total of 1040 Muslims were killed with another 790 left injured. 503 (48.37%) of those killed were combatants, 537 (51.64%) were civilians and the identity of one victim was not verified at the time of the writing of this report. 

Also, 735 (93.04%) of the injured were civilians while 55 (approximately 7%) of the injured were combatants.

Attacks that were not claimed by any entity claimed more lives than attacks by known groups. Such attacks resulted in 391 deaths and 122 injuries. This represents 37.60% of all deaths and 11.73% of all injuries respectively.

This blog did not record any attacks on the 12th and the 25th.

The break down of the attacks and casualties is given in the chart below.

DATE	COUNTRY	TARGET SITE	CULPRIT	CAUSE	IDENTITY OF VICTIMS	NO. OF DEAD (INJURED)
June 1st	Syria Afghanistan	Market Unspecified	Daesh Taliban	Bombing Bombing	Civilians Policemen	10 (20) 8 (7)
June 2nd	Syria Syria Palestine Afghanistan	Military posts Market & Mosque Al Aqsa Road	Israel Unknown Israel Unknown	Airstrikes Bombings Battery Bombings	Soldiers Civilians Civilians Civilians	4 (9) 17 (20+) 0 (45) 1 (17)
June 3rd	Turkey Lebanon Afghanistan Sudan	Militant hideout Road Road Sit-in	Turkey Daesh Unknown Sudan	Offensive Gunfire Bombing Gun fire & battery	PKK militants Security personnel Government officials Civilians & security personnel	5 4 5 (10) 113 civilians (300) & 3 personnel
June 4th	Syria	Militant hideouts	Syria	Artillery attacks	Militants	20
June 5th	Kashmir Egypt	Religious site Check points	India Unknown	Battery Shootout	Civilians Civilian & combatants	0 (6) 1 civilian, 4 gunmen & 10 personnel
June 6th	Syria	Militant hideouts	Syria	Unspecified	Al Nusra militants	24
June 7th	Yemen	Mosque & residentials	Saudi loyalists	Artillery attacks	Civilians	9
June 8th	Iraq	Militant hideout	Turkey	Airstrikes	PKK militants	43
June 9th	Lebanon Burkina Faso Mali Nigeria Sudan	Medical center Town Villages Villages Streets	Unknown Unknown Militants Bandits Sudan	Shooting Gunfire Unspecified Gunfire Gunfire & Stabbings	Politician Civilians Civilians Civilians Civilians	1 19 (13) 95 70 4
June 10th	Yemen	Residentials	Saudi loyalists	Bombings & gunfire	Children	3
June 11th	Palestine	Security building	Israel	Gunfire	Security workers	0 (2)
June 12th	-	-	-	-	-	-
June 13th	Afghanistan	Road	Daesh	Bombing	Security personnel & civilians	4 personnel & 5 civilians (3 personnel & 9 civilians)
June 14th	Palestine Nigeria	Border Farms	Israel Bandits	Gun fire Gun fire	Civilians Civilians	0 (49) 35
June 15th	Syria Syria	Residentials Unspecified	Syria Syria & Militants	Airstrikes Unspecified	Civilians Combatants	7 (15) 26 soldiers & 8 militants
June 16th	Syria Mali Nigeria Syria	Militant posts Unspecified Viewing center Wedding	Syria France & Mali Boko Haram Unknown	Unspecified Unspecified Suicide bombings Rocket attack	Al Nusra fighters Militants Civilians Civilians	5 20 30 (48) 12
June 17th	Syria Kashmir Mali	Residential Road Villages	Unknown India Unknown	Bombing Gunfire Unspecified	Civilians Separatist fighters Civilians	7 (7) 3 38
June 18th	Syria	Unspecified	Syria & Militants	Unspecified	Combatants	89 Militants & 41 Soldiers
June 19th	Yemen Iraq	Unspecified Oil site	Saudi Arabia Unknown	Air strike Rocket attack	Civilians Workers	2 0 (3)
June 20th	Afghanistan	Road	Unknown	Bombing	Civilians	1 (20)
June 21st	Palestine Iraq Yemen Chad Chad Yemen	Border Mosque Road Unspecified Unspecified Militant posts	Israel Unknown Yemen Boko Haram MNJTF Yemen	Gunfire & gassing Bombing Ambush Ambush Gunfire Gunfire, missile attacks & ambush	Civilians Civilians Saudi loyalists Chadian soldiers Combatants Saudi loyalists	0 (70) 10 (30) 5 7 42 Deash fighters & 1 MNJTF personnel (10) 11
June 22nd	Yemen	Militant posts	Yemen	Unspecified	Saudi loyalists	7
June 23rd	Chad Turkey	Unspecified Militant posts	Boko Haram & Chad Turkey	Gun fight Unspecified	Combatants PKK militants	11 Chadian soldiers (6) & 26 Boko Haram fighters 60
June 24th	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	Military base Airport	Saudi soldier Yemen	Gunfire Drone strikes	Soldiers Unspecified	3 1 (8)
June 25th	-	-	-	-	-	-
June 26th	Yemen	Militant posts	Yemen	Unspecified	Saudi loyalists	6
June 27th	Palestine	Protest venue	Israel	Gunfire	Civilians	1
June 28th	Palestine Saudi Arabia Yemen Yemen	Border Military post House Suburbs	Israel Yemen Saudi Arabia Saudi loyalists	Gunfire Gunfire Airstrikes Mortar attacks	Civilians Soldiers Civilians Civilians	0 (50) 2 8 (6) 0 (5)
June 29th	Syria Syria	Village Militant posts	Syria Syria	Counter operation Unspecified	Red Brigade & HTS fighters HTS fighters	24 3
June 30th	Lebanon Syria	Road Suburbs	Unknown Israel	Gunfire Missile attack	Diplomats Civilians	2 (2) 4

Kills by Country/Entity

Country/Entity	Kills (Injured)
Unknown	391 (122)
Syria	180 (15)
Sudan	117 (300)
Turkey	108
Boko Haram	48 (54)
MNJTF	42
Yemen	33 (16)
Chad	26
Daesh	24 (42)
Mali & France	20
Saudi sponsored militants	12 (5)
Saudi Arabia	10 (6)
Israel	9 (225)
Taliban	8 (7)
Egypt	4
India	3 (6)
Saudi soldier	3
Civilians	3

Deadliest Day

The deadliest day in the month of June was the 9th, a total of 189 Muslims were killed on that day. Attacks by unknown entities in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Lebanon resulted in 185 deaths while security forces in Sudan killed 4 Muslims. All the victims were civilians.

Civilian Casualties

As is common with other months, most of the victims were civilians.  Civilians made up 537 (51.64%) of the dead and 735 (90.04%) of the injured. Most of the civilian casualties were victims of attacks by unknown entities. 314 (58.47%) of the civilians were killed in attacks by unknown entities, all 122 Muslims injured in such attacks were civilians.

Combatant Casualties

Among the casualties for the month were combatants fighting for different groups and countries. A total of 16 entities were involved killings in June. 503 (48.37%) of those killed were combatants while 55 (approximately 7%) of the injured were combatants. Most of the combatant casualties belonged to militant groups in Syria (HTS, Red Brigade, Al Nusra, and some Daesh elements). The Syrian government killed no fewer than 173 militants in June.

Kills by Countries

552 (53.07%) of all casualties were victims of attacks by governments. The Syrian government killed the highest number of Muslims in the month of June, 173 militants and 7 civilians (total of 180 or 17.31% of all civilian casualties). 15 civilians were also left injured in attacks by the Syrian government. The deadliest attack by a country came on the 3rd when Sudanese forces violently broke a sit-in, the violence led to the death of 113 protesters. Countries that killed Muslims in the month of June were: Syria, Sudan, Turkey, Yemen, Chad, Mali, France, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, and India.

Kills by Armed Groups

A total of 92 (8.85%) Muslims were killed by known armed groups, 58 (63.04%) of those killed were civilians and 34 (37%) were combatants. Nigeria-based group, Boko Haram, killed the most number of Muslims. The group killed 30 civilians in Nigeria and 18 soldiers in Chad republic bringing their total kills to 48. Boko Haram attacks also left at least 54 people injured. The deadliest attack by a known armed group came on the 16th when a viewing center was targeted by a suicide bomber, a total of 30 people were killed with another 54 left with varying degrees of injuries. A total of 4 known groups can be confirmed to have carried out attacks in the month on June, they are; Boko Haram, Daesh, Saudi loyalists, and the Taliban.

Unclaimed Attacks

In the month of June, there were a total of 18 unclaimed attacks or in other words, attacks whose culprits are not known by any name. Such attacks led to 391 deaths and 122 injuries. The deadliest unclaimed attack came on the 9th when unknown armed men raided villages in Mali killing at least 95 people. There was one unclaimed attack each in Egypt, Iraq, Mali, and Burkina Faso. There were two each in Nigeria, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. Syria had the highest number of unclaimed attacks with three.

Most Struck Country

The country that suffered the most attacks was Syria, there were at least 14 attacks by government forces and armed groups within the country. These attacks led to no fewer than 294 deaths and 71 injuries. 57 of those killed and 62 of the injured were civilians.