LONDON: India was the sixth worst affected country by terrorism in 2013 — the other five being war zones at present. As many as 43 different terrorist groups categorized into three groups: Islamists, separatists and communists have been found to have planned and carried out attacks in India. The world witnessed 10,000 terrorist attacks in 2013, a 44% increase from the previous year. India, however, witnessed a much higher increase of terrorist attacks during the same period — while terrorism increased by 70% in India from 2012 to 2013, the number of deaths increased from 238 to 404. Globally, the number of deaths from terrorism increased by 61%, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2014....
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