Believe it or not: India had the highest number of blasts in the world: ECONOMICTIMES

[Lucky Breeze]

By Shaurya Karanbir Gurung, ECONOMICTIMES.COM | Updated: Feb 11, 2017, 02.04 PM IST

The states which suffered the highest number of IED blasts last year were Chhattisgarh-60, Jammu and Kashmir-69, Kerala-33, Manipur-64, Odisha-29, Tamil Nadu-32 and West Bengal-30.
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NEW DELHI: India had the highest number of bomb blasts in the world in the past two years, according to the National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC), which functions within India's primary counter-terror force, the National Security Guard (NSG). India's number is even higher than that of Iraq and Pakistan.

The NBDC analyses and disseminates data related to bombing incidents in India and across the world.

Last year, there were 337 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blasts in India, according to the NBDC journal 'Bombshell'. In 2015, there were 268 IED blasts, and 190 blasts in 2014, 283 blasts in 2013 and 365 in 2012.

Iraq witnessed 221 IED blast incidents, the second highest last year. Pakistan was at the third place with 161 IED blasts. About 132 IED blasts took place in Afghanistan, 92 in Turkey, 71 in Thailand, 63 in Somalia and 56 in Syria.

In 2015, Iraq witnessed 170 IED blasts, Pakistan 208, Afghanistan 121, Iraq 170 and Syria 41.

India

The states which suffered the highest number of IED blasts last year were Chhattisgarh-60, Jammu and Kashmir-31, Kerala-33, Manipur-40, Odisha-29, Tamil Nadu-32 and West Bengal-30.

Last year, one among many high-casualty bomb blasts took place in Bihar on July 18. Ten commandos of an elite CoBRA battalion of the CRPF were killed when a squad of 200 Maoists trapped and cordoned the troops and exploded about 22 IEDs in the Aurangabad-Gaya forest area in Bihar.

Some of the other major IED incidents in India were:

Analysis of IED blasts in India

Last year, there was a 26 per cent increase in IED blast incidents vis-a-vis 2015 and casualties have increased by 3 per cent vis-a-vis 2015, according to the NBDC.

An analysis of IED data for the last 10 years (2007-2016) has revealed that there have been an average of 277 blasts, 223 fatal casualties and 724 non-fatal casualties over the years.

1. J&K saw an increase in blast incidents and casualties after the death of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani, according to the NSG.

2. In the North-Eastern states, Manipur (40) and Assam (11) accounted for 15 per cent of total IED incidents last year.

3. Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected states accounted for 47 per cent of total IED incidents.

4. In the rest of India, Kerala (33) and Tamil Nadu (32) were the most affected states.

1. The average number of fatalities over the last 10 years has been 223 per year. There is a significant decrease in fatalities, according to the NSG.

2. LWE accounted for 65 per cent of total fatalities (73 personnel), while others accounted for 35 per cent (39 personnel).

3. The NSG notes that the higher fatalities in the LWE-affected states indicate that the Maoists are lethal, aggressive and well-adapted to the jungle terrain. The high rate of casualties has been caused by explosion of high-intensity IEDs.

1. Last year, the preferred targets of Maoists, insurgents and terrorists were public and security forces, according to the NSG.

2. The NSG assesses that in the last five years, terrorists have targeted the common public more than the security forces, which indicates that terrorists prefer to engage the softer target.

Worldwide

Top 10 countries which saw highest number of IED blasts, besides India, since 2012.

Biggest bomb blasts in the world in 2016
On May 23, about 150 people were killed and 200 others were injured when suicide bombers of the IS triggered two explosive devices planted in cars, before blowing themselves at Jableh and Tartous on the Mediterranean coast of Syria.

Analysis of worldwide IED blasts
Last year, more than 73 per cent of the IED blast incidents in the world took place at public areas, just as in India, according to the NSG. The second most-preferred target of terrorists across the world were security forces.
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[Chinese-Dragon]

Before the US invasion of the Middle East in 2001, suicide bombings and IED blasts were relatively uncommon things. For example, there was not even 1 single suicide blast in Iraq before the 2003 Iraq invasion. Now it's happening constantly, and the instability has spread all over the world.

 

[R Wing]

Before the US invasion of the Middle East in 2001, suicide bombings and IED blasts were relatively uncommon things. For example, there was not even 1 single suicide blast in Iraq before the 2003 Iraq invasion. Now it's happening constantly, and the instability has spread all over the world.

The BS interventionist and "nation building" policies (and the narrative that "Islam is the problem") has been laid bare by NATO/US failures in a number of countries in the region.

Also, the Indian media seems to be actively involved in propping up the illusion of a peaceful and progressive India --- while in Pakistan, blasts are just about the only thing one sees (both in local and international reporting). I think a number of Pakistani members on this forum will find the fact that India experienced the most bomb blasts in the world for two years in a row fascinating. Fortunately, the civilian casualties have been low in India.

 

[Indika]

Statistics is like a skirt it will hide more than it reveals quoted some smart guy. That holds good here. Other than kashmir & NE the blasts in other parts are criminal incidents. Exception being maoists and they are not anti-nationals but who want to change in system so them attacking civilians is rare.
Tamilnadu or kerala having bomb blasts is ridiculous , there may be at the best molotov cocktails or handmade crude bombs. But comparing them to other terrorised countries is simply nonsense.

Any way business will continue functioning as usual and blown up statistics get to the dust bin.

 

[nair]

he states which suffered the highest number of IED blasts last year were Chhattisgarh-60, Jammu and Kashmir-31, Kerala-33, Manipur-40, Odisha-29, Tamil Nadu-32 and West Bengal-30.

Lol.... How credible the statistics are!!!!!!

Lol.... How credible the statistics are!!!!!!

Well out of this 33 blasts, only 2 are considered to be terror attacks. 1) Malappuram Collectrate, 2) Kollam Corporation office...... Now guess the causalities???? 1 Mahindra Geep, 1) Ambassador Car.... Most of the other blasts could be attributed to political rivalry between CPM and RSS, where the casualities is not more than 2 or 3...... Now compare it with the blasts happened in other countries.....

 

[schoolboy]

Assuming these statistics are accurate - which is a tough ask, given the obvious differences in information reporting (who's actually counting blasts in Yemen - or Syria?), india is a much larger country, has dozens of major population centers compared to the others and a comparison can only be meaningful in that context.

For Pakistanis who are drawn to the numbers, please note that the number of reported incidents in Pakistan is half of India's numbers on a territory that is one-fourth the size.

As per these statistics:

Yemen is safer than Syria,

Syria is safer than Afghanistan (and Turkey as a matter of fact),

and Afghanistan is safer than Pakistan.

Need I say more?

 

[GR!FF!N]

In India,even crude bomb blasts are considered as "Blast" which criminal uses to scare people.In other countries, it's generally car bomb or suicide bomb.But the good point is,we're good at statistics.