Terrorist Attacks Worldwide Drop To Lowest Level Since 2011 - Report

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published January 23, 2019 | 05:02 PM

The number of terrorist attacks worldwide is the lowest it has been since 2011, dropping by a third between 2017 and 2018 alone, according to the Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) annual Global Attack Index released by IHS Markit on Tuesday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd January, 2019) The number of terrorist attacks worldwide is the lowest it has been since 2011, dropping by a third between 2017 and 2018 alone, according to the Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) annual Global Attack Index released by IHS Markit on Tuesday.

"Worldwide terror attacks decreased by one-third in 2018 compared to 2017, while resulting non-militant fatalities fell by more than one-quarter ... The figures represented the lowest annual attack total since 2011 and the lowest annual fatality figures since JTIC began collecting comprehensive event data in 2009," the IHS Markit press release reads.

JTIC head Matthew Henman specified that there were 15,321 attacks by non-state armed groups and 13,483 non-militant deaths in 2018.

In total, JTIC registered terrorist attacks in 90 countries in 2018 and 116 during the year prior.