Sri Lanka identified as one of 13 nations at risk of increased terrorist activity

Sri Lanka has been identified as one of the 13 countries that are at risk of increased terrorist activity from current levels in the 2014 Global Terrorism Index Report released on Wednesday.

The second edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report, produced by the London-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), has ranked Sri Lanka at 36th place with a score of 4.01 out of 10 among 162 countries.

The report, according to the Colombo Page web site, provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last 14 years from 2000 to 2013, and has highlighted 13 countries that are not in conflict but at risk of higher levels of terrorism.

In addition to Sri Lanka, Angola, Bangladesh, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, and Uganda are identified as at risk of increased terrorism due to the presence of four factors - extra-judicial killing, lack of women's political rights, lack of intergroup cohesion and political instability.