This chart shows the terrifying increase in ISIS killings this year

This chart shows the terrifying increase in ISIS killings this year
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ISIS killings have dramatically increased in 2014 — and new charts from Vocativ show how scary the spikes are. In 2011's first quarter, ISIS reported 94 executions. In 2014's first quarter, the Islamic militant group recorded 399.

Vocativ used ISIS-affiliated web forums to find the data on ISIS killings, and the results are shocking. The charts begin in 2011, when ISIS began tracking its own killings. As seen in the chart below, all of ISIS's forms of killing are up in 2014:

(Vocativ)

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.