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People are more afraid of things which could kill anyone at any time.
point to any particular natural disaster and the majority of people can either say that you'll see it coming hours, days or weeks in advance or the majority are not subject to risk of that disaster.
Terrorism on the other hand could technically strike anyone, at any time.
people also give a weighting to human actions. if 1 person per day in a big city is killed in road accidents that's no big deal. if one utterly random person a day is shot by a sniper the whole city will shut down.