Violence

Violence is when someone attacks someone else, often to get them to do something they do not want to do by making them feel pain.

Overview

Violence can mean anything from one person hitting another to a war between many countries that could cause millions of deaths. Laws are often created to lower the chance of violence happening.

Types

• Physical: Fighting, killing or hurting someone
• Sexual: When someone subjects someone else to unwanted sexual acts
• Racial: When a victim is subject to violence due to his or her race or nationality

Examples

Many notable groups regularly committing violence are politically motivated. They are sometimes called terrorist groups. Below is a select list.

Related pages

• Pogrom
• Terrorism
  • September 11 attacks
  • Charlie Hebdo shooting
  • 2016 Berlin truck attack
  • Palestinian political violence
• Genocides
  • The Holocaust
  • Bosnian genocide
  • Rwandan genocide
  • Cambodian genocide

References

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