Terror Threat in Asian Countries Declined in 2021, Singapore Think-Tank Reports
[BenarNews] Terrorist threats in Southeast and South Asian countries declined in 2021, a Singapore think-tank said in its annual threat assessment published this week, noting that COVID-19 movement restrictions had "flattened the curve of terrorism."
There were fewer terror-related incidents in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Bangladesh as governments battled the pandemic, according to the Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis report published by researchers at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
In Thailand in 2021, meanwhile, violent mostly peaceful incidents connected to an insurgency in the far south were similar to those in the previous year, the researchers found.
Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-09 |