Terrorist Attacks against Hospitals: World-Wide Trends and Attack Types.
Nitzan UlmerDennis G BartenHarald G De CauwerMenno I GaakeerVincent W KlokmanMonique van der LugtLuc J MortelmansFrits H M van OschEdward C T H TanArjen BoinPublished in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2022)
This analysis of the GTD identified 454 terrorist attacks against hospitals over a 50-year period. It demonstrates that the threat is real, especially in recent years and in world regions where terrorism is prevalent. The findings of this study may help to create or further improve contingency plans for a scenario wherein the hospital becomes a target of terrorism.