India witnessed the most bomb blasts in the world in 2016: Report

Out of the total 406 incidents reported during this period in India, 337 were triggered using IEDs

India witnessed the maximum bombings in the world in 2016, even more than war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report.

There were 406 such incidents, which include IED and ordnance explosive blasts, in the country. Iraq came second with almost half the number at 221, the report by the National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) said though it did not mention the casualties.

NBDC functions as the nodal post-blasts investigation department under country’s federal contingency force NSG. The report did sound a word of caution on the global data, saying the centre obtained these figures from “open source”.

Neighbouring Pakistan witnessed a total