Global terrorist killings dropped by a fifth in last six months – but the number of attacks is still rising

Terrorist killings have dropped by a fifth in the last six months world-wide but the number of attacks is rising.

Some 10,352 people died between January and June, compared to 13,025 in the last half of 2016.

There has been a 38 per cent rise in global terror in the past six months

It was largely due to IS defeats in Iraq and Syria, said a report by Jane’s and IHS Markit.

But global attacks by all terror groups rose 38 per cent in six months to 2,962 incidents between January and June.

Jane’s expert Matthew Henman said: “As Islamic State in Iraq and Syria experienced growing territorial losses it has increasingly transitioned back to lower-level guerrilla operations.”

The alarming trend fulfils long held fears of intelligence chiefs that young jihadis are dispatched by ISIS to wreak havoc on the West’s streets in revenge.

The huge rise was almost entirely a consequence of the mass casualty attacks in London and Manchester.

The total number of terrorist killings in Britain rose by 20 times over the same time period to a total of 44.

The huge spike in statistics is due to terror attacks like Manchester and London Bridge