India Ranked 7th Among Countries Most Hit By Terror

India was ranked 7th in the list of countries most impacted by terrorism in 2015, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI), 2016, released by the Institute for Economics & Peace, a Sydney-based think-tank.

India is one of six Asian countries ranked in the top 10 nations most impacted by terrorism. As many as 797 terrorist attacks were recorded in India in 2015, up 4 per cent since 2014, the report said. While the 2015 attacks were the highest since 2000, 80 per cent were non-lethal. Overall, 49 different terrorist groups were engaged in attacks but 31 of these failed to kill anyone.

"This suggests that groups are seeking to remind governments of their presence without provoking significant military reactions," the report said. India experienced 7 per cent of all terrorist attacks around the world, the fourth highest after Iraq (20 per cent), Afghanistan (14 per cent) and Pakistan (8 per cent). India, in 2015, had fewer terror attacks (797) than only Iraq (2,415), Afghanistan (1,715) and Pakistan (1,008). India suffered twice as many attacks as Syria (384).

With inputs from IANS