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Edited by Explained Desk |Updated: November 23, 2019 2:04:11 am

Telling Numbers: 42,000 killed in 3 decades of J&K militancy; 14,000 were civilians

From the peak years of militancy during the 1990s, when between 3,000 and 6,000 incidents of violence were being reported each year, the annual number of incidents has been below 500 each year in the last 10 years, the data show.

Those killed include 14,038 civilians; 5,292 security personnel and 22,536 militants.

Since 1990, 41,866 persons have lost their lives in 71,038 incidents of militant violence in Jammu & Kashmir (now Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories), according to data shared by Home Ministry sources. Those killed include 14,038 civilians; 5,292 security personnel and 22,536 militants.