Indian soldiers examine the debris after an explosion in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama. (Photo: Reuters)

Pulwama is the deadliest place in the Kashmir Valley, shows a data collected between the year 2014 and 2019. Pulwama has seen the maximum number of suicide attacks and explosions. The area also has the highest number of active militants.

Between 2014 and 2019, a total of 139 incidents of attacks have been reported. In last five years, 46 civilians,105 security forces and 148 militants have been killed in Pulwama. In the number of incidents in last five years, Pulwama is followed by Kupwara, Baramula, Shopian and then Kulgam.

In the years 2015, 2017, and 2019, the district had four suicide attacks in which 53 security personnel were killed. The data shows that there are a total of 327 active militants in Kashmir.

In the years 2015, 2017, and 2019, the district had four suicide attacks in which 53 security personnel were killed. (Data and graphic credits: Namrata Dadwal, Naveen Siromani and Deepak Verma)

On February 14, a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber killed 40 Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) personnel and injured many others after he rammed an explosive-laden SUV into a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. The suicide bomber, identified as Adil Ahmed Dar, belonged to Kakapora.