Guyana records 108 murders in 10 months

Nov 10, 2013 News

One hundred and eight people have been murdered during the past 10 months. Police statistics also show a five percent overall rise in serious crimes for the same period last year.
According to statistics released yesterday by the Police Public Relations Department, there were 3,350 reports of serious crimes made between January 1 and October 31, 2013, compared to 3201 reports for the same period in 2012.
Some of the offences monitored by the police are murder, robbery under arms, robbery with violence, larceny from the person, break and enter and larceny, burglary, rape and kidnapping.
A total of 108 murders were recorded at the end of October 2013 in comparison to 115 murders for the same period in 2012, which is a six percent decrease.
Of the 108 murders this year, 47 were of the disorderly type, 20 were committed during armed robberies, two were execution type, and 16 were domestic related, while the other 23 are so far undetermined.
At the end of October 2013, robbery under arms experienced an overall seven per cent increase, with 921 reports compared to 858 for the same period in 2012.
Police said that the statistics showed an increase of 16 percent in the number of robberies in which firearms were used; and a six percent decrease in armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used by the perpetrators.
In relation to traffic, there were five fewer road fatalities at the end of October 2013, in comparison to the same period in 2012. According to the statistics, there were 85 fatalities from 79 accidents in 2013, compared to 90 fatalities from 83 accidents during 2012. The period January 1 to October 31, 2013, saw reductions in relation to the other categories of traffic accidents – serious, minor and damage.
Pedestrians continue to be the main victims, recording 29 fatalities at the end of October. In addition, 14 motor cyclists, 12 pedal cyclists, 12 drivers of motor vehicles, two pillion riders and 16 passengers of motor vehicles were killed.
Speeding continues to be a major contributory factor to fatal accidents and was the cause of 55 of the 79 fatal accidents recorded at the end of October 2013.
Traffic enforcement by the police during the period January to October 2013 resulted in 72,216 cases being made against errant motorists; of this total 18,810 cases were for speeding.

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