Data | Terrorism related civilian deaths in J&K cross two-year high in October 2021
The Hindu
There were 25 incidents of killings in October 2021, the fourth-highest for any month since 2012
In October 2021, recorded a sharp increase. Twelve civilians died in October, the highest for any month in the last two years and the fourth-highest since 2012.
After the relatively calm period of 2006-2012, Kashmir has been on the boil. The major inflection point was in 2016 when . Two spells of lockdown — and the second related to COVID-19 — had put a lid on new incidents. However, terror strikes seem to be increasing again now, and civilians, including those of the minority community, are getting targeted more.
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