Thanks for your input! You make a very valid point that it can be used to fuel the "downplaying" of terrorism as well. However, I have to correct you that i am cynical in that I

"call information about terrorist acts "fear mongering"

I merely said that often what looks like "hard data" can be abused to stir fear among people.

Here, I am only hoping to communicate to anyone interested in data journalism or using data sources in journalistic ways, to simply take a deeper look before drawing conclusions.