Mass Killings: 2019

The other day I came across an article at the Daily Mail, "Mass killings hit new high: 210 people were killed in 41 attacks including 33 mass shootings in the US during 2019." In this case, a "mass killing" is being defined as 4 or more people, other than the perpetrator, being killed in a single incident. At least the authors were honest enough to report that:

     The majority of the killings involved people who knew each other - family disputes, drug or gang violence or people with beefs that directed their anger at co-workers or relatives.

    In many cases, what set off the perpetrator remains a mystery.

Of course, this pales in regard to what we see in other countries. I just did a quick search using Google for bombings in 2019 and came up with this:

• "Bogota Car Bomb Kills Ten in Deadliest Attack Since Peace Deal"--Bloomberg (Jan. 17).
• "'Powerful explosion' as Taliban car bomb kills more than 100 at Afghan military base"--Sky News (Jan. 21).
• "Suicide bomb kills 27 Iranian Revolutionary Guard, state media says"--The Telegraph (Feb. 13).
• "Kashmir car bomb kills 44, India demands Pakistan act against militants"--NBC (Feb. 14).
• "Pakistan suicide bombing at open-air market in Quetta kills at least 20"--USA Today (Apr. 12).
• "Bombing Kills Dozens and Hurts Schoolchildren as Taliban Talks Resume"--New York Times (July 1).
• "Afghanistan: Taliban car bomb kills several people in Kabul"--DW (Jul. 8). 14 dead and 145 injured. 
• "Afghanistan bomb kills at least 34, mostly civilians"--RFI (Jul. 31).
• "Afghanistan: Bomb kills 63 at wedding in Kabul"--BBC (Aug. 18).
• "Bombing At Afghan President's Campaign Rally Kills At Least 26"--NPR (Sep. 17).
• "Taliban Bombing Flattens Hospital, Kills at Least 22 in Afghanistan"--Wall Street Journal (Sep. 19).
• "62 killed in mosque bombing in eastern Afghanistan"--Washington Post (Oct. 18).
• "Car Bomb Kills 13 in Turkish-Held Town in Northern Syria"--Daily Beast (Nov. 2).
• "Car bomb kills at least 10 people near Syria's border with Turkey"--Reuters (Nov. 23).
• "Roadside bomb kills 15 civilians in northern Afghanistan"--Al Jazeera (Nov. 27).
• "Suicide bomber kills more than 90 people including foreigners in attack on checkpoint in Mogadishu"--Daily Mail (Dec. 28)

Remember, this is just bombings and is no where inclusive of all such attacks. Not surprisingly, all but one of the bombings was committed by Muslims, and primarily against other Muslims.