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Victims of Terror Attacks and Terror Groups
September 24 , 2018
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- US Department of State has released a report - Victims of Terror Attacks and Terror Groups.
- India is the third largest victim of terror attacks across the world after Iraq and Afghanistan, for the 2nd year in a row.
- Till 2015, Pakistan was the third most affected country in the world.
- CPI-Maoists, which carried out 53% of the total attacks in India, is the fourth deadliest terror group after Islamic State, Taliban and Al-Shabaab.
- Interestingly, for the first time, West Bengal witnessed a 215% increase in terror attacks, from 6 incidents in 2016 to 76 in 2017.
- It is mostly owing to Darjeeling unrest due to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and Gorkha Liberation Army last year.
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