Between 1970 and 2021, France experienced the highest number of terrorism-related deaths in 2015, with ****deaths, and the highest number of non-fatal injuries in 2016, with *** injuries recorded. Conversely, the year with the highest number of terrorist attacks was 1996, with a total of *** incidents.
Attacks: "The GTD defines a terrorist attack as the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation."
Non-fatal injuries: "This field records the number of confirmed non-fatal injuries to both perpetrators and victims."
Deaths: "This field stores the number of total confirmed fatalities for the incident. The number includes all victims and attackers who died as a direct result of the incident. "
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