Syria Tracker: 36,686 Documented Killing from March 18, 2011 to October 14, 2012

Syria Tracker Documented Killings: A total 36,686 victims, in 191 Places, over 20 months from March 18, 2011 to October 14, 2012.

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Findings:
- For those causes that have killed more than 100 people, it is not surprising that Air bombardment and Artillery are the highest killers, with civilian areas being shelled.  The elevated rates of more “personal” types of assault (Beating or Stabbing, Sniper) is above average for females.
- 70% of all female deaths by Beatings and stabbings happened in Homs- the majority in May 2012.
- Deaths by Snipers are most common among women in Homs, Rif Damashq (Damascus province, not the city), and Aleppo.
- Gunshot deaths for women are the highest in Rif Damashq and Homs as well- this may imply targeting.

Other important findings:
- Not surprising, but Artillery and Air Bombardment have been killing increasing numbers since June 2012.
- Use of air attacks has been a larger factor in the northern and easier areas (Idleb, Aleppo, Dayr Az Zor.) 

Syria Tracker Documented Killings: A total 36,686 victims, in 191 Places, over 20 months from March 18, 2011 to October 14, 2012.

Female Causes of Death

Cause of Death	Female Deaths	% of  Total Female Deaths
Artillery	1,365	43.88%
Unspecified	708	22.76%
Gun Shot	437	14.05%
Air Bombardment	286	9.19%
Sniper	160	5.14%
Beating or Stabbing	80	2.57%
Wounds	32	1.03%
Resource Outage	16	0.51%
Torture	11	0.35%
Burned	6	0.19%
Stress	6	0.19%
Asphyxiation	4	0.13%
Crushed	0	0.00%
Hanging: اعدام ميداني	0	0.00%
Execution	0	0.00%
Mine	0	0.00%
Refusal to Follow Orders	0	0.00%

 Male Causes of Death

Cause of Death	Male Death	% of Total Male Deaths
Gun Shot	10,251	30.53%
Unspecified	10,104	30.09%
Artillery	7,561	22.52%
Sniper	1,384	4.12%
Torture	1,135	3.38%
Refusal to Follow Orders	1,103	3.29%
Air Bombardment	1,017	3.03%
Beating or Stabbing	489	1.46%
Wounds	247	0.74%
Burned	146	0.43%
Mine	38	0.11%
Resource Outage	33	0.10%
Crushed	26	0.08%
Asphyxiation	14	0.04%
Stress	12	0.04%
Execution	8	0.02%
Hanging : اعدام ميداني	6	0.02%

Note: in Aleppo, more long range fire than gunshots,  and Rif Dimashq has an ugly amount of beatings and stabbings.   Aleppo, Dayr Az Zor and Idleb getting most of the air attacks.   Almost all sniper activity in Rif Dimashq and Aleppo.

Note: This graph shows how Syrian Government has been relying more on artillery and air strikes since Mar 2012 (this month also had the highest number of soldiers executed for refusing to obey orders.)  And the fighting was the most intense in Idleb in March 2012.  It’s pretty clear that the Syrian Government was probably motivate to use more long range weapons (being more “Hands off”) to prevent dissension [this is especially the case in Aleppo and Idleb.]

Note: Last 30 days, the spike in beatings and stabbings around the 26th of Sept (a recent masscacre)

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