HOME SPECIAL NEWS SPECIAL ARTICLES ARCHIVE News SriLanka faces terror risk - IEP[ Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 12:11.31 PM GMT +05:30 ]According to a global survey conducted by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), stated that at least thirteen countries are facing a greater risk of substantial terrorist activity, including Sri Lanka. The report indicates that the number of lives lost to terrorist attacks increased by 61% in a single year, according to the second edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI), rising from 11,133 in 2012 to 17,958 in 2013. The index also recorded a 44% increase in the number of terrorist incidents, rising from 6,825 in 2012 to 9,814 in 2013. Explosives accounted for the majority of these attacks, while suicide bombings accounted for less than 5%. First launched by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) in 2012, the GTI ranks countries by the impact of terrorist activities as well as analyzing the economic and social dimensions associated with terrorism. The index scores 162 countries, covering 99.6% of the worlds population, and examines trends from 2000 to 2013. The indicators used include the number of terrorist incidents, fatalities, injuries and property damage. The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) also provides guidance for assessing the risk of the potential of future attacks in countries where there are currently low levels of activity. At least 13 countries are facing a greater risk of substantial terrorist activity: Angola, Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Cote dIvoire, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Uganda. Since 2000, around 7% of all terrorist incidents and 5% of all fatalities have occurred in OECD countries resulting in 4,861 deaths from 3,151 attacks. OECD-based terrorism in 2013 was slightly down from 130 deaths and 333 incidents in 2012 to 113 deaths and 311 incidents in 2013. Many more people die in homicides than in terrorist attacks, with an individual being 40 times more likely to be a victim of homicide than be killed by terrorism. In the UK an individual is 188 times more likely to be victim of a homicide and in US 64 times more likely.
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