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state terrorism

acts of terrorism against individuals conducted by organs of a state
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state terrorism

Summary

state terrorism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • state terrorism is a type of terrorism[2].
  • state terrorism is a type of institutional violence[3].
  • state terrorism is a type of state crime[4].
  • state terrorism's Commons category is recorded as State terrorism[5].
  • state terrorism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Terrorism committed by country[6].
  • state terrorism's different from is recorded as state-sponsored terrorism[7].
  • state terrorism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include terrorism[2], institutional violence[3], and state crime[4].

Why It Matters

state terrorism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    Subclass of → terrorism, institutional violence, state crime
    Topic's main category → Category:Terrorism committed by country
    Different from → state-sponsored terrorism
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20023, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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