Turkey Ranked Seventh In List Of Most Hit Countries By Terror

ANKARA - Turkey has been ranked seventh in the list of most hit countries by terror in the second quarter of 2008.
The Center of Excellence - Defense Against Terrorism released an article titled "General Overwiev of the Terrorist Activities
April-June 2008)".
According to the article, 2,396 terrorist incidents occurred worldwide. These attacks claimed 4,204 lives and injured 7,614 people. 319 people were reportedly abducted by unknown assailants.
Iraq topped the list of the most-hit countries with 857 separate attacks in which 1,575 people were killed and 3,247 others were injured. That is to say that 35 percent of total attacks in the world, 37 percent of total fatalities and 42 percent of total casualties sustained worldwide were recorded in Iraq.
First ten countries most hit by terrorism in the second quarter of the year are as follows:

. Number of
Countries terror incidents
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Iraq 857
Afghanistan 334
Sri Lanka 327
Pakistan 216
India 195
Somalia 112
Turkey 71
Thailand 55
Nepal 44
Israel 31

(MIL)