The Times of India
quoting Pakistan Body Count on June 13 reported that
there is
a steep
decline
in suicide
attacks
in the past
few years.
According
to the data
collated
by Pakistan
Body Count,
an organisation
that maintains
a 'news-report
based database'
of suicide
and drone
attacks
carried
out in the
country,
the number
of incidents
as well
as causalities,
have witnessed
a steep
decline
compared
to 2009
and 2010
- the peak
years in
terms of
causalities.
The incidents which failed to reach even double digits in the
five years
spanning
between
2002- 2006
suddenly
spiked to
57 in 2007.
The bombings
claimed
over 800
lives in
that year.
They went
unchecked
for the
next two
years and
reached
a peak in
2009 when
90 suicide
bombings
claimed
over thousand
lives. Although
the number
of incidents
started
declining
in 2010
but the
number of
fatalities
increased.
In 2011
there were
44 blasts
killing
625 people-
nearly half
of the 2009
figures.
By March
2012, when
the data
was last
updated,
there were
only 16
such blasts
which took
119 lives.
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