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64% rise in terror incidents in Kashmir during BJP-PDP rule, shows data

More than 70,000 terror incidents have been reported in J&K over the last 28 years ending 2017, in which 22,143 terrorists were killed and 13,976 civilians and 5,123 soldiers lost their lives

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Army soldier during a gun battle between security forces and militants in Shopian, of South Kashmir on Sunday | Photo: PTI

Chaitanya Mallapur | IndiaSpend

There was a 64% rise in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir over three years to 2017, providing some perspective to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decision to call off its three-year alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Over 800 terror incidents have been reported in J&K over the three years ending 2017–up from 208 in 2015 to 342 in 2017–according to an IndiaSpend analysis of government data.

As many as 744 people died in these three years: 471 terrorists, 201 security forces and 72 civilians,