STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: As many as 82 security personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir last year, which was the highest in the last eight years, the state Home Department said.
According to a data released by the home department, in 2016, 82 security force personnel were killed, while 2008 witnessed 85 deaths. In 2009, as many as 79 security personnel were killed, while 69 were killed in 2010 followed by 53 deaths in 2013, 47 in 2014, 39 in 2015, 33 in 2011 and 15 deaths in 2012, the data said.
