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Terrorists opened fire in the busy weekly market at Balajan Tinali market in Kokrajhar, Assam, leaving 14 civilians dead and 15 injured. So far, security forces have been able to kill one of the terrorists, recovering an AK-47. 
 
Awaiting support from additional forces, security forces are still battling these terrorists in intense firing sessions. 
 
Assam DGP Mukesh Sahay told reporters that the attack was carried out by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit). 
 
Even though Assam has been under the ravage of militants for a long time, this broad daylight attack is the first of its kind. 
 
"We suspect there were at least three militants and one of them has been killed. Army is searching the area for the other militants," said Defence PRO Lt Col S Newton. 
 As per TNN sources, the terrorists had already issues a threat to the National Investigation Agency (<keyword id="6360058" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="NIA">NIA</keyword>), making the attack anticipated. 
 
<a href="http://images.indianexpress.com/2016/08/assam-attack759.jpg?w=728">Image source</a>

Kokrajhar terrorist attack: 14 killed, 15 reported injured

The magic number in the north-eastern state of Assam is 64. <keyword id="58687" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharatiya-Janata-Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</keyword>’s <keyword id="90408" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Himanta-Biswa-Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</keyword>, representing the <keyword id="105903" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Democratic-Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</keyword> (<keyword id="41281" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="NDA">NDA</keyword>) ⁠— and the state’s incumbent Chief Minister ⁠— is well past that mark, leaving behind the <keyword id="83449" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="United-Progressive-Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</keyword> (UPA) led by the <keyword id="190679" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-National-Congress">Indian National Congress</keyword>. As of 10:30 PM, the Election Commission showed leads and wins in 78 constituences for the NDA. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; box-shadow: none; width: 468pt; font-family: Merriweather; table-layout: fixed; padding-bottom: 10px !important; background-image: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-attachment: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important;"></colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Coalition </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Seats in 2016 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Seats in 2021 (Leads/Wins) </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Gain/Loss </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NDA </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">86 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">78</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">-14</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">UPA </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">26</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">48</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">+22</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Others </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">13 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">-</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">- </td></tr></tbody></table> The election in the politically volatile Assam was held in three phases between March 27 and April 6. The Citizenship Amendment Act, which became a national controversy over a year ago, is one of the biggest election issues there. However, the state looks at the Act differently than most other parts of the country. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; box-shadow: none; width: 468pt; font-family: Merriweather; table-layout: fixed; padding-bottom: 10px !important; background-image: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-attachment: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important;"></colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Party </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Vote share in 2016 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Vote share in 2019 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Vote share in 2021 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NDA </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">41.9% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">36.5% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Over 40%</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">UPA </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">31% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">35.4% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Over 38%</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Others </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">13% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">7.8% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">About 20%</td></tr></tbody></table> The history of resistance to ‘outsiders’ (irrespective of their religion) by the people who consider themselves as native Assamese is decades long. So BJP’s detractors in rest of India got angry with the party for trying to discriminate against Muslims, the people of Assam got angry with the party for trying to accommodate Hindus. The issue is a lot more ethnic and a lot less religious in Assam. While the exit polls are giving the NDA the lead, Chief Minister Sarma fought the election aggressively. Sometimes, even at the expense of ignoring a pandemic that was taking lives. With his refusal to wear a mask made an abominable offence of setting the wrong example for millions of his supporters. Today’s result show whether the Congress⁠ — with its alliance of ten parties including All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) and the Bodoland People's Front (BDF) ⁠— was able to convert these setbacks into votes and seats. However, it wasn't good enough to cross the halfway mark.. There was a third contender called United Regional Front, where parties like Lurinjyoti Gogoi's Assam Jatiya Parishad and Akhil Gogoi's Raijor Dal have come together, were looking to chip away votes from the two leading coalitions. But the BJP and Sarma have held their sway in the North Eastern state one more time. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/mk-stalin-and-dmk-expect-to-win-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-2021-against-aiadmk-led-by-edappadi-palaniswami/articleshow/82347573.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">MK Stalin and DMK expect majority in Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021 after staying out of power for 10 straight years</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/mamata-banerjees-fate-in-west-bengal-assembly-election-results-2021-as-tmc-and-bjp-final-tally/articleshow/82347504.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Mamata Banerjee’s fate in West Bengal Assembly election 2021 will be sealed today</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/ldf-vs-udf-final-result-kerala-assembly-election-2021/articleshow/82347653.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">As Pinarayi Vijayan looks at a historic comeback while Kerala’s BJP cadre can only hope for a higher vote share</a>

Assam looks set to give Himanta Biswa Sarma a second term as Chief Minister

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Rumours that<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Is-India-better-prepared-for-an-ISIS-led-Mumbai-like-attack-The-answer-is-a-resounding-No/articleshow/49805008.cms"> India is one of the most vulnerable states to the threat of terrorism</a> cannot be ignored. As, India ranks sixth among the 10 countries most impacted by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Gurdaspur-terror-attack-Operation-over-all-terrorists-killed/articleshow/48238586.cms">terrorism in 2014</a>, according to Global Terrorism Index 2015 (GTI) which said that <keyword id="174501" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="ISIS">ISIS</keyword> and <keyword id="184592" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Boko-Haram">Boko Haram</keyword> are now jointly responsible for more than half of all global fatalities from terrorist attacks. 

	India witnessed a slight increase in terror-related deaths, up by 1.2 per cent in 2014 to reach a total of 416, the highest number of terrorist incidents and deaths since 2010. 
 

	There were 763 incidents which represent a 20 per cent increase from 2013, the report by Washington-based Institute for Economics and Peace said. 
 In India, the two deadliest Islamic terrorist groups in 2014 were <keyword id="53557" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lashkar-e-Taiba">Lashkar-e-Taiba</keyword> (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen. 

	The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/US-minces-no-words-sends-a-clear-cut-message-to-Pakistan-on-terror/articleshow/48742861.cms">Pakistan-based LeT</a> was responsible for 24 deaths in 2014, while Hizbul Mujahideen was responsible for 11 deaths in 2014, down from 30 deaths in the previous year. 
 

	In 2013 Hizbul Mujahideen was the only group in India to use suicide tactics, but in 2014 there were no suicide attacks in India, the report added. 
 

	It said that the number of lives lost to terrorism around the world increased by 80 per cent in 2014, reaching the highest level ever recorded at 32,658 as compared to 18,111 in 2013. 
 

	Pakistan was ranked fourth of the list while the US was ranked 35th among the nations most impacted by terrorism.
 

	The report added that just two terrorist groups,<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/FBI-New-York-police-aware-of-Islamic-State-video-say-no-specific-threat/articleshow/49842251.cms"> ISIS </a>and Boko Haram, are now jointly responsible for 51 per cent of all global fatalities from claimed terrorist attacks. 
 "Boko Haram, which pledged its allegiance to ISIL as the Islamic State's <keyword id="860773" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="west-Africa">West Africa</keyword> Province (ISWAP) in March 2015, has become the world's deadliest terrorist group, causing 6,644 deaths compared to ISIL's 6,073," it said. 

	India has featured 14 times in the 10 countries most affected by terrorism for the 2000-2014 period. 
 

	While India continues to be among the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism, 2014 was the first time since 2000 that India did not feature among the ten countries with highest fatalities from terrorism. 
 

	"However this is due to the growth of terrorism in other countries more than to an improvement in India," the report said adding that majority of terrorist attacks in India have low casualties. 
 

	In 2014 around 70 per cent of attacks in India were non-lethal. Of the 50 different terrorist groups that engaged in a terrorist act in 2014, 28 groups did not kill anyone, it said. 
 

	The report categorised terrorism in India into three distinct groups of communists, Islamists and separatist. 
 

	It said communist terrorist groups are "by far the most frequent perpetrators" and the main cause of deaths in India. 
 

	Two Maoist communist groups claimed responsibility for 172 deaths in 2014, which constitutes 41 per cent of all deaths from terrorism. 
 

	Police are overwhelmingly the biggest targets of Maoists, accounting for over half of the deaths. 
 

	Kidnapping is also a common tactic of the Maoists where it is often used as a political tool to force the government to release Maoist prisoners. 
 The majority of Maoist attacks occurred in the provinces of <keyword id="30033" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bihar">Bihar</keyword>, <keyword id="43945" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</keyword> and Jharkhand, the report said. 

	The dispute with Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir is the main source of Islamic terrorism. 
 

	Islamist terrorists were responsible for 57 deaths in this region, which is 14 per cent of the total deaths in India from terrorism, the report said. 
 

	The report noted that the announcement in September 2014 that Al-Qaida was establishing a presence in India has not led to a dramatic increase in terrorism by the group. 
 

	It further said that India's north-east region has for the last three decades seen continual ethno-political unrest from ethnic secessionist movements. 
 

	It termed the National Democratic Front of Bodoland as the second deadliest group in India in 2014 responsible for killing 80 people in 2014. 
 Globally, terrorism is highly concentrated in just five countries - Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan and <keyword id="6354913" type="COUNTRY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Syria">Syria</keyword> - accounting for 78 per cent of all deaths in 2014. 

	Iraq continues to be the country most impacted by terrorism, with 3,370 attacks killing 9,929 people, the highest number of terrorism incidents and fatalities ever recorded by a single country. 
 

	Nigeria recorded the largest increase in deaths from terrorism, rising by over 300% to 7,512 fatalities. 
 

	The economic cost of terrorism reached its highest ever level in 2014 at $52.9 billion, an increase of 61 per cent from the previous year's total of $32.9 billion, and a tenfold increase since 2000. 
 

	"The significant increase in terrorist activity has meant that its ramifications are being felt more widely throughout the world. What is most striking from our analysis is how the drivers of terrorism differ between more and less developed countries. In the West, socio-economic factors such as youth unemployment and drug crime correlate with terrorism. 
 

	"In non-OECD countries, terrorism shows stronger associations with ongoing conflict, corruption and violence," IEP Executive Chairman Steve Killelea said. 
 

	"Ten of the eleven countries most affected by terrorism also have the highest rates of refugees and internal displacement. This highlights the strong inter-connectedness between the current refugee crisis, terrorism and conflict." 
 

	The flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria since 2011 is the largest influx in modern times. 
 

	Current estimates now range from 25,000 to 30,000 fighters, from roughly 100 countries. 
 

	Half of the foreign fighters travelling to Iraq and Syria are from neighbouring countries and a quarter from Europe and Turkey. 
 

	The flow of foreign fighters does not appear to be diminishing, with over 7,000 arriving in the first six months of 2015, it said.

	 
	 
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