Table 3: Group Motivations- Sri Lankan Case
Number of Mentions and Percentage of Articles
Motivation
Male
Female
Mix
Unknown
Political
1 (8%)
2 (15%)
3 (17%)
Terrorize
Pressure Government
1 (6%)
Discrimination
1 (8%)
2 (11%)
Tactical Target
5 (42%)
8 (62%)
4 (22%)
Provoke Unrest
1 (8%)
1 (6%)
Provoke Government Action
1 (6%)
Support Military Operation
1 (8%)
1 (6%)
Links to International Terror
Publicity
1 (7%)
4.7 Chechen Results
Twenty-seven events involving terrorists were identified for the Chechen case. Of these, 7
involved men alone, 12 involved women alone, 5 were about terrorists of both genders, and for 3 the
gender was unknown. Acts committed by men alone averaged 5.71 articles as a primary mention and
2.43 articles as a secondary mention. Acts that involved female terrorists averaged 8.92 primary
mentions and 2.92 secondary mentions. Acts of mixed groups of terrorists averaged 2.2 primary
mentions and 4.2 secondary mentions. Actions with unknown gender averaged 1 primary mention and
2.33 secondary mentions.
Of the violent accounts (122) in the Chechen case: 21 (17%) were presented in victim sequence,
22 (18%) in performer sequence, and 82 (65%) in contextual sequence. Broken down by gender, of the
10 male violent accounts: 1 (10%) was in victim sequence, 2 (20%) in performer sequence, and 7 (70%)
in contextual sequence. Of the 80 violent accounts of females: 13 (16%) were in victim sequence, 16
(20%) in performer sequence, and 51 (64%) in contextual sequence. Of the 6 mixed gender accounts:
1(17%) was in victim sequence, and 5 (83%) were in performer sequence. Of the 7 unknown gender
accounts, 6 (86%) were in victim sequence and 1 (14%) in performer sequence.
Figure 4: Sequencing of Violent Accounts- Chechen Case
Of the 156 articles in the Chechen dataset: 15 were about men only, 106 were about women only,
6 were about men and women, and 29 were about unknown gender terrorists. Individual motivations
were mentioned once in unknown gender articles and 42 times in female articles. In articles about male
terrorists, there were two mentions of a societal factor. Articles about females contained 8 mentions of
societal factors. Group motivations were mentioned 11 times in articles about men, 34 times in articles
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10
20
30
40
50
60
Male Female Mix Unknown
Victim
Perpetrator
Double-Cast
Contextual
Convention