Terrorism related civilian deaths in J&K cross two-year high in October 2021

Terrorism related civilian deaths in J&K cross two-year high in October 2021

There were 25 incidents of killings in October 2021, the fourth-highest for any month since 2012 In October 2021, the number of civilians killed in terrorism-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir 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 Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed. Two spells of lockdown — the first…

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