Terror deaths up by 80% this year according to the Global Terrorism Index

Terrorism is on the rise at an “unprecedented pace” after the number of deaths from terror attacks soared to its highest level last year, a study has found.

A total of 32,658 people were killed by terrorists around the world in 2014, an 80% increase on the previous year, according to the Global Terrorism Index.

The Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), which produced the index before Friday’s attacks in Paris, said the atrocity in the French capital had shown Islamic State (IS), also known as Isil or Isis, could now launch “sophisticated and deadly attacks” in Europe.