In South Africa, more than 7,000 people were murdered over three months. This is according to new police statistics, which showed a rise in violent crime from the same period last year.
On Wednesday, November 23, 2022, South Africa’s parliamentary portfolio committee on police, heard details of the crime statistics. The report was on those crimes reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS) from July 1 to September 30, 2022.
Quarterly figures showed that the murder rate rose 14 percent between July and September as compared with the same time-frame in 2021, when 6,163 people were killed.
Almost 1,000 women were among those murdered during the period in 2022. More than 13,000 women were also victims of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and 1,277 women were victims of attempted murder.
During a news conference, Police Minister, Bheki Cele said, “The rate at which women are abused, violated and some killed in South Africa remains worrying and unacceptable”.
The figures also showed that kidnappings doubled to more than 4,000 compared with the same time last year. And rapes in the country’s notorious areas for sex attacks against women and children, were up 11%, with 10,000 cases opened across the country.
OneForumNews1
: 7,000 People Murdered in Three Months in South Africa){kind=link}
0 Comments